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FESTIVAL 


OF     THE 


SONS   OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE: 


WITH     THE 


SPEECHES 


Mesbes.  WKBSTER,  WOODBURY,  WILDER,   BIGELOW,  PARKER,  DEARBORN,   HUBBARD, 

GOODRICH,  HALE,   PLUMMER,  WILSON,   CHAMBERLAIN,  AND  OTHERS, 

TOGETHER    WITH   THE    NAMES    OF    THOSE    PRESENT, 

AND  LETTERS  FROM  DISTINGUISHED 

INDIVIDUALS. 


CELEBRATED  IN  BOSTON,  NOVEMBER  7,   1849. 


PHOXOGRAPUIC  REPORT  BY  DR.  JA.MES  W.  STONE, 

PRESIDENT     OF     THE      BOSTON      KEPORTING      ASSOCIATION. 


BOSTON: 

JAMES  FRENCH,   78   Wasuixgton   Street, 
1 850. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1849, 
BY    JAMES    FRENCH, 
In  the  Clerk's  OflScc  of  the  District  Court  of  the  District  of  Massachusetts. 


OLD    UICKINSON   OFFICE,    C.    C    T.   MOODT,   PRINTER, 
NO.    52    WASHINGTON    STREET,   BOSTON. 


F 

21 
INTRODUCTION 


The  following  pages  contain  as  exact  an  account 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire, 
at  their  Festival,  on  the  seventh  of  November,  with 
the  Speeches,  Sentiments,  and  Songs  of  those  present, 
and  the  Letters  of  those  invited  Guests  unable  to 
attend,  as  it  has  been  possible  to  obtain. 

It  has  been  thought  that  those  Children  of  New 
Hampshire  who  remain  at  home,  would  be  gratified 
to  see,  in  a  more  permanent  and  substantial  form 
than  newspaper  reports,  a  statement  of  the  doings 
of  their  brethren  abroad,  and  of  the  Names  of  those 
who  have  become  residents  of  Boston  and  vicinity, 
and  were  present  on  the  occasion. 

It  is  hoped  the  book  may  not  be  an  unacceptable 
memorial  to  any,  and  that  it  will  serve  to  show  how 
strong,  in  the  breasts  of  all  her  Sons,  is  the  veneration 
and  love  of  New  Hampshire,  and  how  warmly  tlieir 
hearts  glow  with  remembrances  of  home. 


4   ^  YIM'^^'VO 


ERRATA. 

Page  17,  line  6  from  bottom,  for  "  Mr.  Lambert,  of  Charlestown," 
read   Thomas  H.  Lambert,  of  the  U.  S.  Navy. 

Page  18,  line  3,  for  "  Handerson,"  read  Henderson. 

Page  19,  line  11  from  bottom,  for  "  dextra,"  read  dextram. 

Page  20,  line  2,  after  "  not,"  insert  indeed. 

Page  20,  line  G  from  bottom,  after  "  fogs,"  insert  and  mists. 

Page  53,  lines  1  and  G,  for  "  Dinsmore,"  read  Dinsmoor. 

Page  102,  line  18,  for  "  Mr.  Batcbelder,"  read  Nathan  Morse. 

Page  152,  line  9  from  bottom,  for  "  1849,"  read  1839. 


PREFACE. 


It  was  regarded  as  a  novel  spectacle,  in  the  streets 
of  Boston,  on  the  seventh  of  November,  1849,  to  see  a 
large  procession  of  men  of  various  ages,  representing 
all  departments  of  human  economy,  and  who  were  indi- 
vidually recognised  as  persons  of  worth,  enterprise,  and 
influence  in  the  community,  wholly  made  up  of  the 
natives  of  a  particular  State  ;  and  that.  New  Hampshire. 
There  was  no  political  excitement  to  put  them  in 
motion ;  no  extraordinary  epoch  to  celebrate ;  nor  an 
object  to  be  achieved  beyond  the  satisfaction  derived 
from  a  social  gathering ;  but  they  imited  to  commem- 
orate, in  a  festal  manner,  the  early  recollections  and 
associations  of  their  youth. 

The  business  facilities,  the  high  professional,  mercan- 
tile, artistical,  and  mechanical  concentration  of  talent 
in  Boston,  is  well  calcidated  to  develop  New  Enghind 
activity  and  genius.  New  Hampshire  has  avaik^d  her- 
self of  these  encouragements,  and  has  contributed  very 
considerably  to  the  iixed  industrial  population  of  this 
prosperous  city. 

On  the  memorable  occasion  which  tliis  publication 
circumstantially  narrates,  the  feeling  of  brotherhood  was 
predominant.  However  difl'ering  from  each  other  on 
numy  sul)jects,  all   were   qualified   to   bear  witness   to 


C  PREFACE. 

the  general  satisfaction  afforded  by  an  interchange  of 
thoughts  and  opinions  that  recalled  domestic  associa- 
tions, and  those  family  circumstances  connected  with 
by-gone  years,  before  they  knew  the  busy  world,  had 
noted  its  phases,  or  made  the  discovery  that  each  one 
has  responsibilities  resting  upon  him,  and  that  progress 
in  the  social  scale  results  from  the  combined  action  and 
determination  of  well  regulated  minds. 

By  an  examination  of  the  various  Speeches,  and  other 
accompanying  illustrations  of  the  manner  of  conducting 
the  Festival,  it  will  be  apparent  that  the  exhibition  w\as 
an  intellectual  one  of  extraordinary  interest.  A^ery 
many  who  had  fully  intended  to  contribute  liberally  to 
the  literary  entertainment,  were  debarred  solely  on 
account  of  the  lateness  of  the  hour. 

This  delio;htful  and  lono;  to  be  remembered  assemblins: 
of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  in  the  metropolis  of 
the  North,  had  its  origin  in  a  single  mind ;  but  the 
realization  of  the  idea  far  exceeded  the  warmest  ex- 
pectations of  those  who  assisted  in  the  organization  ; 
and  it  may  now  be  viewed  as  a  permanent  association, 
indulging  the  hope  of  perpetuating  those  fraternal  sen- 
timents on  which  it  was  based,  while  New  Hampshire 
continues  to  furnish  material  for  citizenship  in  the  capi- 
tol  of  Massachusetts. 

In  18i")2  another  opportunity  will  be  presented  for 
an  expression  of  the  affection  which  is  felt  for  the 
mountain  scenery,  the  streams,  the  green  fields,  the 
waving  forests,  and  the  iViends  and  friendships  that 
bind  us  to  the  place  of  our  birth  ;  and  may  those  who 
participated  in  the  first,  live  to  enjoy  many  rej)etitions 
of  the  same  rational  festivities. 


CONTENTS. 


GENERAL. 

Paoe. 

Appendix, 121 

Bill  of  Fare, 14 

Errata, 4 

Grace  by  Dr.  Peabody, 18 

Dr.  Stow, 18 

Guests,  invited  and  present, 17 

Introduction,  •  •  •  ■  ^ 3 

Mottoes  and  Sketches  around  the  Hall,  15 

Officers  of  the  Festival, 11 

Oldest  Son  of  New  Hampsliire,- 114, 128 

Origin  of  the  Festival, 11 

Prefi\ce, 5 

Procession,  order  of 17 

LETTERS. 

Appleton's, 48,  130 

Atherton's,  C.  G. 124 

Atiierton's,  C.  II. 62,  124 

Barnes', 145 

Bartlett's, G2,  135 

Bell's,  J. 143 

Beirs,  S. 129 

Burke's, 57,  132 

Buttertield's, 142 

Cass', 44,  121 

Dinsmoors, 53,  1 29 

Dix's, 122 

Eastman's,  I.  A. 1 38 

Eastman's,  J. 139 

Evans', 122 

Folsom's, 141 

Freeman's, 1 44 

French's, 134 

(iilman's, 141 

Haddock's, G5,  1 2G 

llarvev's, 137 


Page. 

Healy's, 62,  136 

Livennore's, 57,  130 

Martin's, 140 

Miller's,  E.  F. 143 

Miller's,  J. 65,  125 

Nichols', 62,135 

Norris', 1 23 

Pierce's, 132 

Plumer's, 38,  128 

Sullivan's, 62,  131 

Treadwell's, 139 

TwitchcU's, 140 

Wilcox's, 138 

Woods', 137 

Young's, 143 

POEMS. 

Bell's,  Oar  Native  Hills, Ill 

Fields',  The  Man  in  the  Moon, 104 

French's,  The  Sons  of  Old  New  Hamp.  108 

Hale's,  Our  Granite  Hills, 103 

Hale's,  The  Old  Granite  State, 116 

Kent's,  'J'he  Old  Granite  State, 87 

Lady's,   Original  Hi/mn, 118 

Ladies'  Petition, 81 

Mcciianic's,  New  Hampshire's  Voice,-  •  1 13 
Smitli's,  Pickwacktt, 78 

REGISTRY    OF  NAMES. 

COUNTIES. 

Belknap, 172 

Carroll, 174 

Chcsliire, 161 

Coos, 178 

Grafton, 175 

Hillsborw' 157 


CONTENTS. 


Page. 

Mcrrimac, 167 

Rofkinglmm, 151 

Straftbrd, 170 

Sullivan, 165 

RESOLUTIONS. 

Bell's,  AdJouiTiment, 118 

Committee,  Prof,  of  Law  of  Nations,  ■  ■  65 
Goodrich's,  "  "  "  56,  65 
Smith's,  Triennial  Meetings, 112 

SENTIMENTS. 

First  regular  Toast, 29 

Second, 3.3 

Third, 35 

Fourth, 38 

Fifth, 44 

Sixth, 53 

Seventh, 58 

Ei-hth, 62 

Ninth, 65 

Tenth, 67 

Abbott's, 107 

Applcton's, 48 

Bancroft's, 117 

Bartlett's,  I. 135 

Bartlctt's,  L. 117 

Batchcldcr's, 117 

Botton's, 112 

Bi<:elo\v's, 37 

Bryant's, 103,117 

Burke's 57 

Buttorfield's, 142 

Chamberlain's, fiR 

Chickering's, 1 02 

Dowcs, no 

Ihirkee's. 85 

ICastman's, 1 38 

Folsom's, 142 

Fosters. IK) 

French's,  B.  B. 1.34 

Freiiiiis.  .1. 117 

( iaie's,   117 

(ire-tr's, 115 

(luest's, 1(»1 


Page. 

Haddock's, 127 

Hales, 62 

Ilcaly's, 136 

Holman's, 110 

Hubbard's, 52 

Kent's, 102 

Lady's, 108 

Martin's, 141 

McNiel's, 102 

Miller's, 125 

Morse's,  Nathan,  New  Hampshire  and 

Qdlfomia, 102 

Nutter's, 108 

Parker's,  E. 81 

Parker's,  I. 102 

Simmons', 112 

Smith's, 102,108,  117 

Stone's, 104, 117 

Stow's, 103 

Trcadwell's, 140 

Volunteer, 107,  111,  112 

Webster's, .53,  131 

Wilder's, 34,  77 

Wilkins', 102 

AVoodbury's,  C.  L. 117 

"Woodbury's,  L. 57 

SPEECHES. 

Abbott's, 107 

Bigelow's, 35 

Chamberlain's, 68 

I)earl)oni's, 45 

I  Durkee's, 83 

'  Emerson's, 86 

Gale's, Ill 

Goodrich's, 5.3 

Hale's, S8 

Hubbard's, 49 

I  McNiel's, 101 

I'arker's,  E. 80 

Parker's.  J. 38 

I'lummer's, 62 

Smith's, 77 

Webster's,-  •  -19,  37,  44,  48.  50.  C>2,  65.  «8- 

AVildcr's, .33.  77 

Wilson's, 05 

Woodbury's, .30 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL, 


HELD    IN    BOSTON,    NOVEMBER  Txn,  1849. 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 


The  pkoposition  for  a  Social  Celebration  of  the  Sons  of  New 
Hampshire,  originated  with  Dr.  J.  V.  C.  Smith,  who  afterwards 
acted  as  one  of  the  Executive  Committee.  He  sent  invitations  to 
several  individuals  to  meet  at  his  house,  on  the  evening  of  October 
9th,  and  by  these  persons  a  call  was  issued  for  a  public  meeting, 
at  which,  arrangements  were  made  for  the  Festival. 

The  following  organization  was  effected : — 

PRESIDENT. 

HON.    DANIEL    WEBSTER. 


VICE     PRESIDENTS. 


MARSILVLL  P.  "WILDER, 
SAMUEL  APrLETON, 
JOSEPH  BELL, 
n.  A.  S.  DEARBORN, 
JOHN  McND':L, 
NATHAN  AI'PLETON, 
NINIAN  C.  BETTON, 
EBENEZER  CHADWICK, 
JAMES  C.  MERRILL, 
JONAS  CHICKERING, 
CHARLES  G.  GREENE, 
JAMES  W.  PAIGE, 
LEVI  BARTLETT, 
ISAAC  DANFORTH, 
GEORGE  KENT, 


WILLIAM  "WASHBURN, 
TIMOTHY  UPHAM, 
ISAAC  PARia-:R, 

timothy  farrar, 
samuel  batchelder, 
avilliam  d.  ticknor, 
john  l.  emmons, 
john  c.  proctor, 
walter  bryent, 
frederick  emerson, 
sa:\iuel  greele, 
thomas  simmons, 
jonas  c.  march, 
ezra  c.  hutchins, 
john  h.  wilkins. 


12 


NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 


COMMITTEES. 


EXECDTIVE      COMMITTEE. 


FLETCHER  WEBSTER, 
CHARLES  A.  WELLS; 
DANIEL  D.  BRODHEAD, 


JEROME  V.  C.  SMITH, 
JOSEPH  M.  BELL. 


ON     INVITATIONS. 


MARSHALL  P.  WILDER, 
CHARLES  G.  GREENE, 
J.  V.  C.  SMITH, 
CHARLES  A.  WELLS, 
CHARLES  B.  GOODRICH, 


GEORGE  W.  GORDON, 
ISAAC  O.  BARNES, 
JOHN  P.  HEALY, 
FLETCHER  WEBSTER. 


ON     FINANCE 


EBENEZER  CHADWICK, 
GEORGE  W.  CROCIvETT, 
JAMES  S.  WIGGIN, 
DANIEL   TAYLOR, 
SAMUEL  BATCHELDER, 


JOHN  S.  JENNESS, 
DANIEL  D.  BRODHEAD, 
AMMI  B.  YOUNG, 
ISAAC  PARKER. 


ON     HALL     AND     DECORATIONS 


JAMES  W.  PAIGE, 
J.  V.  C.  SMITH, 
NAT  D.  HUBBARD, 
WILLLVM  WASHBURN, 
JAMES  A.  ABBOTT, 


ROBERT  L  BURBANK, 
THOMAS  W.  PIERCE, 
HENRY  WILSON, 
ISAAC  W.  FRYE. 


ON     DINNER. 


CHARLES  A.  WELLS, 
WHJJAM  H.  PRENTICE, 
DANIEL  CHAMBERLAIN, 
DAVID  BRYANT, 
WILLIAM  WASHBURN, 


SAMUEL  GREELE. 
CHARLES  WILKINS, 
SILAS  DURKEE, 
JESSE   MAYNARD. 


ON     MUSIC 


HARVEY    JEWELL. 
WILLIAM  H.  FARRAR, 


Li:CIAN  GALE, 
EZRA  FORRISTALL. 


ORGANIZATION. 


13 


ON     TOASTS. 


SAMUEL  GREELE, 
NATHAN  T.  DOW, 
CHARLES  W.  MARCH, 
FLKTC H  K R  W  E HSTE  R, 
JOSEPH  M.  BELL, 


CFLVRLES  G.  GREENE, 
JAMES  A.  ABBOTT, 
GEORGE  KENT, 
STEPHEN  G.  NASH. 


MARSHALS 


Aids. 


CHIEF      MARSHAL. 

HORACE    G.    HUTCH  INS. 
JABEZ  B.  UPHAM,  BENJAMIN  B.  CHENEY. 


Aids. 


MARSHALS. 
WILLIAM  E.  RUSSELL,      Chief  op  Cheshire  Division-. 


AVILLIAM  BINGHAM, 
DAVID  H.  MASON, 
THOMAS  II.  SMITH, 
ALBERT  LITTLE, 
HENRY  WELLES  SMITH, 
JOHN  L.  HANSON, 
ERANCIS  S.  GREENLEAF, 
J.  WARREN  TOWLE, 
THOMAS  P.  AVILSON, 


Si  LLIVAN 

Coos 

Belkxap 

Cakroll 

Gkaftox 

Strafford 

Merrimac 

Rock  ix(;  HAM 

HiLLsnouo' 


14 


HEW    HA&PSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 


The  Festival  was  held  in  the  large  Hall  over  the  Fitchbuvf]; 
Railroad  Depot,  where  a  Dinner  was  provided  for  fifteen  hundred 
people,  by  Mr.  John  Wright,  with  the  following 

BILL    OF    FARE. 


BOILED. 

HAM, 
TONGUE, 

SALTPETRED    BEEF, 
TURKEYS,    OYSTER    SAUCE. 
MUTTON,    CAPER    SAUCE. 

ENTREES. 

FRICANDEAU    VEAL,    TOMATO    SAUCE, 

FRICASSEE    CHICKEN, 

ESCOLLOPED    OYSTERS, 

CURRIED    CHICKENS, 

OYSTER    PATTIES, 

SAVEET    BREADS,    LARDED, 

CHICKEN    SALAD, 

BONED    TURKEYS. 


ROAST. 

BEEF, 

CHICKENS, 

VEAL, 

DUCKS, 

LAMB, 

MONGREL    GEESE, 

TURKEYS, 

GAME. 

MOUNTAIN    GEESE, 

BLACK    DUCKS 

> 

PARTRIDGES, 

■WOOD    DUCKS, 

QUAILS. 

WIDGEONS, 

VEGETABLES. 

SQUASH, 

TIRNIPS, 

I'OTATOES, 

CELEHY. 

BILL    OF    FARE. 


15 


PASTRY. 

WASHINGTON    PIES,  CUSTARDS, 

MINCE    PIES,  CHARLOTTE   RUSSE, 

APPLE    PIES,  MERINGUES, 

CRANBERRY   PIES,  COCOANUT    CAKES, 

PEACH    PIES,  POUND    CAKES, 

SQUASH   PIES,  FRUIT    CAKES, 

QUINCE   PIES,  CHARLOTTE   d'ORCET. 

TABLE    ORNAMENTS  AND    TURKS'    CAPS. 


DESSERT 

. 

ICE    CREAMS, 

RAISINS. 

JELLIES, 

FIGS, 

APPLES, 

GRAPES. 

ORANGES, 

PEARS. 

NUTS, 

LEMONADE    AND    COFFEE. 


The  Hall  was  lighted  by  Gas,  then  introduced  for  the  first  time. 
In  front  of  the  Chair,  several  New  Hampshire  Gold  Fish  were 
swimming  in  a  beautiful  Fountain,  which  cooled  the  atmosphere, 
and  interested  the  spectators  with  a  variety  of  jets. 

The  Hall,  one  hundred  and  sixty-nine  feet  by  seventy-six,  con- 
tained thirty  long  tables,  with  thirteen  hundred  and  forty-four 
plates  ;  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  more  being  added,  after  the 
procession  entered  the  building.  On  the  west  of  the  Hall  was  an 
elevated  platform  for  the  President  and  invited  guests,  and  directly 
opposite,  accommodations  for  the  Orchestra. 

Around  the  Hall  were  Sketches  and  INIottoes,  representing  the 
rise  and  progress  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire. 

No.  1.  Behind  Mr.  Webstci-'s  chair  was  a  view  of  "Elms  Farm," 
his  estate  in  Franklin,  N.  II.,  surmounted  by  the  .stars  and  stripes  of 
the  American  Flajr. 


l<i  Ni:W     HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

No.  2.  A  sketch  of  a  small  farm-house  at  the  base  of  a  mountain. 
INIotto  above,  "  New  Hampshire  has  a  man  for  any  place."  Beneath, 
"  Where  the  New  Hampshire  boy  was  born." 

No.  3.  Sketch  of  a  youth  leaving  home  with  a  pack  on  his  back, 
and  a  guide-board  directing  him  to  "  Boston."  Motto  above,  "There  is 
energy  in  youth,  and  rest  in  age."  Beneath,  "He  goes  to  seek  his 
fortune." 

No.  4.  Represents  the  youth  in  the  city  proceeding  to  church. 
Motto  above,  "Morals  before  money."  Beneath,  "He  goes  to  church 
on  arriving  at  the  city." 

No.  5.  Sketch  of  a  city  block,  occupied  with  stores,  shops,  and 
olfices,  with  a  great  variety  of  signs,  to  represent  the  nature  of  the 
business.  Motto  above,  "  The  bees  that  thrive  are  in  a  hive."  Be- 
neath, "  He  is  active  in  business." 

No.  6.  Sea  view,  a  ship  entering  port  under  full  sail,  and  a  wharf 
covered  with  people,  bales  and  boxes  of  merchandise,  tea  chests,  &c. 
Motto  above,  "  Unbind  and  Find."     Beneath,  "  He  is  an  Importer." 

No.  7.  View  of  a  steamship  leaving  Boston  harbor.  Motto  above, 
"All  men  born  free  and  equal."     Beneath,  "  He  visits  Europe." 

No.  8.  A  mammoth  workshop,  with  forges,  &c.,  in  full  blast. 
Motto  above,  "  By  blows  it  goes."  Beneath,  "  He  is  an  ingenious 
Mechanic." 

No.  9.  Sea  view,  and  a  variety  of  vessels  passing  a  light-house. 
Motto  above,  "  Gales  fill  the  sails."     Beneath,  "  He  owns  Ships." 

No.  10.  A  Court  scene,  in  an  old-fashioned  Court-house.  Motto 
above,  "  Fat  fees  and  judicial  ease."  Beneath,  "  He  is  eminent  in 
Law." 

No.  11.  Over  the  orchestra  is  represented  a  familiar  scene  in  a 
sick  room  or  hospital,  Avith  the  "New  Hampshire  Boy"  in  a  medi- 
tating mood.  Motto  beneath,  "  He  is  a  Physician,  Philosopher,  and 
Author." 

No.  12.  Interior  of  an  ancient  "meeting-house,"  with  the  clergy- 
man in  old  style  dress.  JNIotto  above,  "  Itevere  what  you  hear." 
Beneath,  "  He  is  a  celebrated  Divine." 

No.  13.  Scene  in  an  Editor's  sanctum.  Newspapers  scattered 
over  the  floor,  among  which  "  Hill's  New  Hampshire  Patriot,"  "  Bos- 
ton Atlas,"  "  jMorning  Post,"  "  Boston  Courier,"  and  "  Globe,"  are 
disc(;rnible ;  Editor  at  his  desk  pei'usiug  the  "  Chronotype."  Motto 
above,  "  Pits  in  Politics."     Beneath,  "  He  is  an  influential  Editor." 

No.  14.  A  beautiful  private  mansion,  with  trees,  «&;c.,  and  "Beacon 
Street"  on  one  corner  of  it.  INIotto  above,  "A  good  name  is  an 
estate."     Beneath,  "  He  lives  in  opulence." 


DECORATIONS.  17 

No.  15.  Waterfall  and  extensive  factories.  Motto  above,  "Spin 
and  Win."     Beneath,  "  He  is  a  Manufacturer." 

No.  16.  A  train  of  cars  dashing  tln'ough  a  ravine  between  high 
hills.  Motto  above,  "  Can't  we  go  faster."  Beneath,  '•  He  builds 
Railroads." 

No.  17.  A^iew  of  the  Capitol  at  AVashington.  Motto  above,  "As- 
pire to  rise  higher."     Beneath,  "  He  is  in  Congress." 

No.  18.  View  of  the  President's  Mansion  at  Washington,  with 
crowds  in  the  foreground,  waving  their  hats.  Motto  above,  "  The 
people  rule."     Beneath,  "  He  is  nominated  for  President." 

No.  11).  The  Hall  of  the  State  Department.  Motto  above,  "Thus 
says  the  Constitution."     Beneath,  "  He  is  a  Cabinet  Minister." 

No.  20.  A  rural  scene  and  Agricultural  operations.  Motto  above, 
"  The  noblest  employment  of  all."     Beneath,  "  He  is  a  Farmer." 

No.  21.  Sketch  comprehending  all  manner  of  natural  obstacles, 
with  a  "native"  on  a  pinnacle  of  rock,  as  if  he  had  surmounted  them 
all.  The  rock  projects  into  the  river,  upon  which  are  steamers  and 
sail-boats.  Motto  above,  "  Be  wise  and  rise."  Beneath,  "  He  can  do 
any  thing." 

The  Procession  formed  at  three  o'clock  at  the  State  House,  and 
marched  thence  through  Park,  Tremont,  Court,  and  State  Streets, 
jNIerchants'  Row,  Ann,  Blackstone,  and  Haverhill  Streets,  to  the 
Hall  of  the  Fitchburg  Railroad  Depot,  under  the  escort  of  Flagg's 
Brass  Band  and  Bond's  Cornet  Band. 

The  Chair  was  taken  by  Mr.  Webster,  about  four  o'clock,  p.  m. 
On  his  right,  we  noticed  the  following  invited  guests:  Rev.  Dr. 
Ephraim  Peahody,  of  i'oston  :  lion.  Salma  Halo,  the  Historian ', 
Hon.  Joel  Parker,  Professor  of  Law  at  Cambridge  ;  Thomas  IM. 
Edwards,  Esq.,  President  of  the  Cheshire  Railroad  Corporation ; 
Col.  William  Schouler,  Editor  of  tlie  Boston  Atlas;  Mr.  Charles 
W.  Cutter,  Navy  Agent  at  Portsmouth  ;  Mr.  Oilman  Marston,  of 
Exeter,  N.  H. ;  Hon.  Levi  Cliamberlain,  recent  Whig  Candidate  for 
Governor;  Judge  Nathaniel  G.  Upham,  Superintendent  of  tlic 
Concord  Railroad ;  Rev.  Mr.  Lambert,  of  Charlestown ;  Rev. 
Samuel  K.  Lothrop,  of  Boston ;  licv.  Charles  INIason,  son  of 
Jeremiali  Mason,  and  l\cv.  Tiiomas  AVorccster. 

L'j)on  the  left  of  the  Chair,  were  Rev.  Dr.  Baron  Stow,  of 
]>oston  ;  Hon.  John  P.  Hale,  Senator  in  Congress,  from  X.  H. ; 
Huh.  .James  Wilson,  and  Hdu.  Amos  'J'uck,  Representatives  from 


18  ^EW     HAMPSIHRK    FESTIVAL. 

New  Ilampshiro  ;  Hon.  William  Plnmmcr,  Jr.,  son  of  the  aged 
ex-Governor ;  Hon.  John  Kelley,  of  Exeter,  member  of  the  Gov- 
ernor's Council;  Hon.  Phineas  Handerson ;  Wm.  Dinsmore,  Esq., 
son  of  the  ex-Governor,, and  brother  of  the  present  Executive  of 
New  Hampshire  ;  ex-Governor  Anthony  Coll)y  ;  cx-Governor  Henry 
Hubbard ;  Hon.  Levi  "Woodbury,  Judge  of  U.  S.  Supreme  Court, 
and  Hon.  John  P.  Bigelow,  Mayor  of  Boston. 

There  were  also  present.  Judge  Gilchrist,  of  the  Superior  Court, 
Hon.  Edmund  Parker,  Hon.  W.  W.  Stickney,  Hon.  B.  W.  Jeiniess, 
liev.  L.  J.  Livermore,  and  Col.  E.  F.  Miller. 

At  five  o'clock,  p.  m.,  when  the  company  were  seated  at  the 
tables,  Mr.  "Webster  rose  and  said,  "  Gentlemen,  the  blessing  of 
God  upon  our  food  and  fellowship  will  now  be  invoked  by  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Peabody,  of  Boston."     The  grace  Avas  as  follows  : 

"  0  Lord,  our  God,  and  our  father's  God,  we  beseech  Thee  to 
look  down  on  this  scene  of  union  and  commemoration,  and  to  hallow 
it.  We  would  remember,  with  thanksgiving  before  Thee,  the  homes 
of  our  birth.  We  Avould  invoke  Thy  paternal  benediction  on  those 
who  still  abide  in  them,  and  on  those  who  have  left  them.  Regard, 
with  favor,  we  beseech  Thee,  those  who  are  here  assembled.  jNIay 
common  privileges  draw  us  more  closely  together,  and  may  they 
unite  us  in  a  feeling  of  gratitude  to  Thee,  our  Benefactor,  our 
Father,  our  God ;  we  ask  it  through  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord." 

Abo\it  six  o'clock,  r.  yi.,  at  the  close  of  the  repast.  Rev.  Dr. 
Stow  returned  thanks  in  the  following  language  : 

"  Almighty  God,  our  Heavenly  Father,  we  thank  Thee  that  we 
were  born  in  a  Free  State  ;  among  Free  Schools,  Free  Churches, 
and  Free  Consciences.  We  render  Thee  thanks  for  all  the  facili- 
ties that  Avero  furnished  us  in  early  life,  for  intellectual  and  moral 
culture.  We  now  thank  Thee  that  avc  are  permitted,  in  this  happy 
re-union,  to  recognize  Thee  as  a  source  of  all  our  blessings.  Ac- 
ce})t  our  thanks  for  the  pleasure  of  this  hour,  and  the  happiness  of 
this  scene.  May  Thy  benediction  al)idc  upon  the  State  of  our 
birth,  au'l  the  State  of  our  adoption,  and  continue  with  us  to  the 
end  of  our  course.  We  ask  it  fur  the  sake  of  the  Saviour. 
Amen." 


MR.   Webster's  speech.  19 

Mr.  Webster  then  arose,  amidst  enthusiastic  cheers  and  shouts 
of  welcome,  and  addressed  the  vast  assemblage  as  Ibllows  : 

HON.    DANIEL    WEBSTER'S    SPEECH. 

Residents  of  Boston  and  its  vicinity,  native  born  of  New  Hamp- 
shire ;  we  meet  here  to-day  in  honor  of  our  native  State,  to  com- 
memorate and  record  our  grateful  affection  for  her ;  to  acknowledge 
the  obligation  that  we  all  feel  under  for  her  care  and  nurture  in  our 
early  days.  Coming  into  this,  another  State,  we  have  not  brought 
with  us  all  our  affections,  or  all  our  attachments. 

We  have  invited  to  meet  us  many  distinguished  citizens  of  New 
Hampshire.  They  have  answered  our  invitation,  and  have  come  in 
numbers.  It  may  be  considered  properly  the  duty  of  the  place  I 
occupy  to  bid  them,  one  and  all,  welcome,  [xlpplause.]  Welcome, 
ye  of  New  Plampshire  origin,  from  every  part  and  quarter  of  our 
native  State  !  If  you  come  from  the  pleasant  valleys  of  the  Con- 
necticut and  Merrimac,  welcome  !  Are  you  from  the  sea-shore  and 
the  lakes  of  Strafford  ?  welcome  !  Come  ye  from  the  Monadnock 
and  the  sides  of  the  Crystal  Hills  ?  welcome  !  ivelcome  I  welcome  ! 
[Cheers.] 

It  was  not  in  my  poAver,  Gentlemen,  to  meet  you  in  the  Hall  of 
the  State  House  before  dinner.  But  I  meet  you  here,  and  in  the 
name  of  us  who  have  prepared  this  celebration,  I  greet  our  guests, 
and  in  my  own  name,  I  greet  all.  I  think  they  say  tlic  Chinese 
have  a  heathenish  custom,  when  they  meet,  for  one  to  shake  his  own 
hands  to  his  neighbor.  That  is  not  our  custom.  Lot  us  bo  more 
classical ;   Cur  dextra;  jmKjerc  dextra  non  datur. 

Lot  us  follow  the  English  and  the  Saxon  custom,  and  shake 
hands  with  our  friends.  I  give  my  hands  to  the  friends  next  me. 
Let  us  embrace,  more  majorion,  and  have  a  good  hearty  shaking 
of  hands.  [Great  cheering,  while  Mr.  Webster  shakes  hands  with 
those  near,  and  his  example  is  followed  by  the  company.] 

(gentlemen,  all  the  world  admits  tliat  identity  of  local  origin  is  a 
tic  of  connection  and  sympathy,  especially  if  it  bo  strougtlioned  by 
early  association,  by  the  mooting  with  one  another  in  tlie  school- 
house,  and  in  the  early  society  of  life.  In  the  morning  of  Ufe,  tlic 
heart  opens  all  its  sympathies  to  those  around  it,  and  receives  in> 


20  XEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

prcssions  "Nvhich  are  deep  and  lasting.  We  have  migrated  from 
one  State  to  another.  Our  migration  has  not  been  far.  Nor  have 
"vve  come  among  strangers ;  nor  have  wo  had  a  new  tongue  to 
learn,  new  principles  to  imbibe,  new  aftairs  of  life  to  pursue  ;  but, 
nevertheless,  we  have  changed  our  allegiance ;  wc  have  changed 
our  citizenship ;  we  have  changed  our  social  relations.  New 
Hampshire  men  once  in  all  these  respects,  we  cease  to  be  New 
Hampshire  men  now  in  every  thing,  but  grateful  remembrance  and 
affections  for  the  past. 

To-day  we  meet  to  resume,  for  the  time,  the  feelings  which  belong 
to  us,  as  citizens  of  New  Hampshire ;  to  put  on  the  New  Hamp- 
shire character,  and  see  how  well  it  may  fit  us  here,  in  the  metrop- 
olis of  the  State,  to  which  we  have  come.  Gentlemen,  our  lot  is 
propitious  ;  singularly,  remarkably,  propitious.  We  are  the  native 
sons  of  one  State,  we  arc  the  adopted  children  of  another,  and  we 
are  proud  of  both.  [Warm  applause.]  We  desire  not  to  forget 
whence  we  came,  and  Heaven  forbid  that  we  should  forget  where 
we  are.  We  have  met,  I  say,  to  commemorate  our  native  State. 
We  value  it  according  to  its  merits,  which  we  believe  high  and  hon- 
orable. We  value  it  for  what  Nature  has  conferred  upon  it,  and 
for  Avhat  its  hardy  sons  have  done  for  themselves.  We  believe, 
and  we  know,  that  its  scenery  is  beautiful ;  that  its  skies  are  all 
healthful ;  that  its  mountains  and  lakes  arc  surpassingly  grand  and 
sublime. 

If  there  be  any  thing  on  tliis  continent  the  work  of  Nature,  in 
lulls,  and  lakes,  and  seas,  and  woods,  and  forests,  strongly  attract- 
ing the  admiration  of  all  those  who  love  natural  scenery,  that  is  to 
be  found  in  our  mountain  State  of  New  Hampshire. 

It  hapjiened  to  me  latterly  to  visit  the  northern  parts  of  the 
State.  It  was  Autumn.  The  trees  of  the  forests,  by  the  discolor- 
ation of  the  leaves,  had  presented  one  of  the  most  beautiful  specta- 
cles that  the  human  eye  can  rest  upon.  But  the  low  and  deep 
mui-niur  of  those  foix'sts ;  the  fogs,  rising  and  spreading  and  clasp- 
ing tlic  breasts  of  the  mountains,  whose  heads  were  still  high  and 
bright  in  the  skies,  all  these  indicated  that  a  Avintry  storm  was  on 
the  wing;  tliat  the  sjiirit  of  the  mountains  was  stirred,  and  that  ere 
long  the  voice  of  tempests  would  speak,  liut  even  this  was  ex'citing ; 
excitinir  to  those  of  us  who  had  been  witnesses  before  of  such  stern 


MR.     WEBSTER'S    SPEECH.  21 

forebodings,  and  exciting  in  itself  as  an  exhibition  of  the  grandeur 
of  natural  scenery.  For  mj  part,  I  felt  the  truth  of  that  sentiment, 
applied  elsewhere  and  on  another  occasion,  that 

"  The  loiul  torrent  and  the  wliirhvind's  roar, 
But  bound  nic  to  my  native  mountains  more."' 

[Applause.] 
Ours  is  not  one  of  the  richest  of  the  States.  It  does  not  conijiare 
■with  Massachusetts  in  its  facilities  of  mercantile  or  commercial  oc- 
cupation and  enterprise.  Its  soil  is  sterile  and  stubborn,  but  the 
resolution  to  subdue  it  is  stubborn  also.  Unrelenting  rocks  have 
yielded,  and  do  yield,  to  unrelenting  labor ;  and  there  are  produc- 
tiveness, and  health,  and  plenty,  and  comfort,  over  all  her  hills  and 
among  all  her  valleys.  Manly  strength,  the  nerved  arm  of  free- 
men, each  one  tilling  his  own  land,  and  standing  on  his  own  soil, 
enjoying  what  he  earns,  and  ready  to  defend  it ;  these  have  made 
all  comfortable  and  happy. 

Nor  need  we  be  ashamed  of  her  literary,  her  religious,  or  her 
social  institutions.  I  have  seen,  and  others  of  my  age  have  seen, 
the  church  and  the  school-house  rise  in  the  very  centre  of  the  forest, 
and  stand  and  be  visited  in  the  midst  of  Avintcr  snows.  And  where 
these  tilings  lie  at  the  foundation  and  commencement  of  society, 
Avhere  the  worship  of  God,  the  observance  of  morals,  and  the  cul- 
ture of  the  human  mind,  are  springs  of  action  with  those  who 
take  hold  of  the  original  forest,  to  subdue  it  by  strong  arms  and 
strong  muscles,  depend  upon  it,  no  such  peoj»le  ever  fail.  [Sen- 
sation.] 

Everywhere,  cvevjiwherc,  on  her  liiils  and  rivers,  are  the  school- 
houses.  Tiie  school-house  ;  wlio  shall  speak  of  that  all  over  New 
England  as  it  ought  to  be  spoken  of?  AVho  shall  s[)eak,  as  they 
ought  to  be  spoken  of,  of  tlic  wisdom,  and  foresight,  and  benevo- 
lence, and  sagacity  of  our  forcftxthers,  for  establishing,  as  a  great 
public  police  for  the  benefit  of  the  whole,  as  a  business  in  which 
all  are  interested,  the  great  system  of  public  itistriiction.  The 
Avorld  had  previously  seen  nothing  like  it.  J'>ut  tlie  ^vorl(l.  in  smne 
parts,  has  since  copied  from  it.  Jbit  wliere,  when  you  talk  of  f  )S- 
tering  Governments,  of  guardian  CJovennnents,  of  (Jovcrnments 
whieh  render  to  sul)jects  that  protection  which  the  allegiance  of 


22  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

subjects  demands ;  wliere  is  it,  I  ask,  that,  as  here  with  us,  it  has 
conic  to  be  a  great  and  fundamental  proposition,  existing  before 
constitutions,  that  it  is  the  duty,  the  bonnden  duty,  of  Governments 
composed  by  the  representation  of  all,  to  lay  the  foundation  of  the 
hapi)incss  and  respectability  of  society,  in  universal  education?  If 
yo\i  can  tell  me  such  a  country  out  of  New  England,  I  would  be 
glad  to  hear  of  it.  I  know  of  none.  I  have  read  of  none.  [Ap- 
plause.] 

Gentlemen,  the  inhabitants  of  our  New  Hampshire  mountains 
were,  it  must  be  confessed,  from  the  first,  rather  inclined  to  the  in- 
dulgence of  a  military  spirit.  I  believe  that  that  is  common  to 
mountainous  regions  in  most  parts  of  the  world.  Scotland  and 
Switzerland  show  the  example  of  hardy,  strong  men  in  mountainous 
regions,  attached  to  war  and  to  the  chase  ;  and  it  is  not  unfortunate 
in  our  New  Hampshire  history,  that  this  sentiment,  to  a  considera- 
ble degree,  prevailed.  For  the  position  of  the  country,  and  the 
state  of  the  people  called  for  its  exercise.  We  know  that  New 
Hampshire  was  settled  in  all  its  frontier  towns,  under  circumstances 
of  the  most  dangerous  and  difficult  nature  and  character.  It  was 
a  border  State.  It  bordered  on  the  Indians  and  on  the  French ; 
names  and  nations  always  coupled  together  in  the  language  of  our 
fathers  as  common  eaemies  to  them.  This  exposed  the  frontier 
men,  of  New  Hampshire,  especially,  to  perpetual  war  ;  to  perpetual 
danger  at  least  of  war,  and  its  frequent  occurrence.  The  people 
forget ;  they  forget  how  recent  it  is,  that  the  interior,  the  border 
country  of  New  Hampshire,  was  settled  and  reclaimed,  and  made 
safe  from  Indian  depredation.  All  the  world  reads  that  New 
Kugland  is  the  oldest  part  of  the  United  States,  or  one  of  the  old- 
est. It  has  been  looked  upon  as  the  longest  settled.  Hut,  in  regard 
to  the  frontiers  of  our  native  State,  the  settlement  has  been  recent. 
Even  up  to  the  time  of  tlie  birth  of  some  of  us  now  living,  there 
was  some  degree  of  danger  from  Indian  depredations  and  Indian 
wars;  liability  to  Indian  assaults,  murders,  and  burnings. 

\\  hole  generations,  at  least  one  entire  generation,  tilled  tlie  land 
and  raised  their  bread  with  tlieir  arms  in  their  hands,  or  in  the 
fields  with  them  at  tlieir  lalior.  We  do  not  now  a])prcciate  tlie  diffi- 
culty of  those  frontier  settlements ;  because  subsequent  prosperity 
an<l  security  has  obliterated  the  recollection. 


MR.     WEBSTER'S    SPEECH.  23 

The  pioneers  of  more  fortunate  countries  in  our  day,  what  are 
their  dangers  compared  with  those  of  our  fathers  ?  They  go  to  a 
mild  climate.  They  go  to  a  fertile  land ;  and  they  have  behind 
them  a  powerful  Government,  capable  of  defending  them  against 
the  foe,  of  protecting  their  interests,  and  of  redressing  the  wrongs 
they  may  suffer.  It  was  not  so  with  our  fathers  in  New  Hamp- 
shire. There,  on  the  border  were  the  Indians,  and  behind  the 
Indians  were  the  hostile  French.  It  was  in  this  situation  of  border 
danger  and  border  warfare,  and  border  strife  and  border  suffering, 
that  our  ancestors  laid  the  foundation  of  the  State  from  which  we 
came. 

In  the  language  of  Fisher  Ames,  "It  is  not  in  Indian  Wars  that 
heroes  are  celebrated  ;  but  it  is  there  they  are  formed.  No  enemy 
on  earth  is  more  formidable,  in  the  skill  of  his  ambushes,  in  the 
suddenness  of  his  attack,  or  in  the  ferocity  of  his  revenge."  Not 
only  was  this  foe  to  be  encountered,  but  also  a  civilized  State  at 
enmity  with  us  behind  the  Indians,  supplying  them  with  means, 
and  always  ready  to  purchase  the  victims  that  they  could  bring  for 
sale  to  Canada ;  this  was  the  condition  of  tilings  in  which  the  fron- 
tiers were  settled.  Let  it  be  added,  that  half  the  year  was  winter, 
and  that  on  the  surface  of  the  snow,  encrusted  by  frosts,  bands  of 
savages,  coming  from  a  distance  of  two  hundred  miles,  suddenly 
appeared  and  set  fire,  at  midnight,  to  the  houses  and  villages  of  the 
settlers. 

It  was  in  this  discipline,  it  was  in  these  Indian  Wars,  it  was 
especially  in  the  war  of  175G,  against  the  French,  in  which  almost 
every  man  in  New  Hampshire,  capable  of  bearing  arms,  bore  arms; 
it  was  here  that  the  military  spirit  of  the  country,  the  bravery,  the 
gallantry  of  these  mountain  inhabitants  were  all  called  forth.  They 
were  a  people  given  to  the  chase  and  to  the  hunt  in  time  of  peace ; 
fitted  for  endurance  and  danger,  and  when  war  came,  they  were 
ready  to  meet  it.  It  was  in  the  midst  of  these  vicissitudes  tliat 
they  were  formed  to  hardihood  and  enterprise,  and  trained  to  mili- 
tary skill  and  fearlessness. 

As  one  example  out  of  many,  I  might  refer  to  Gen.  John  Stark, 
well  known  for  his  military  achievements  in  all  the  wars  of  his 
time.  A  hunter  in  peace,  a  soldier  in  war  ;  and  as  a  soldier,  always 
among  the  foremost  and  the  bravest.     [x\})[)lause.]     And  since  he 


24  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

is  l>rouglit  to  my  remembrance,  let  me  indulge  in  the  recollection  of 
him  for  a  moment. 

Gen.  Stark  -was  my  neighbor ;  the  neighbor  and  friend  of  my 
father.  One  in  a  liighly  important,  the  other  in  a  less  distinguished 
situation,  had  seen  military  service  together,  and  had  met  the  enemy 
in  the  same  field.  It  was  in  the  decline  of  Stark's  life,  compara- 
tively si)caking,  -when  the  Revolutionary  War  broke  out.  He  en- 
tered into  it,  however,  with  all  the  manliness  and  all  the  fervor  of  his 
youthful  character.  Yet,  in  his  advanced  age,  like  other  old  men, 
he  turned  back  fondly  to  earlier  scenes ;  and  Avhen  he  spoke  of  the 
"war,"  he  always  meant  the  old  French  and  Indian  war.  Ilis  re- 
membrances were  of  Canada ;  of  the  exploits  at  Crown  Point,  and 
Ticonderoga,  and  Lake  George.  He  seemed  to  think  of  the  Revo- 
lution as  only  a  family  quarrel,  in  which,  nevertheless,  he  took 
a  warm  and  decided  part;  but  he  preferred  to  talk  of  the  "war" 
in  which  he  was  taken  by  the  Indians,  as  he  was  more  than  once,  I 
think,  and  carried  to  Canada.  The  last  time  I  saAv  him,  he  was 
seated  around  a  social  fire  with  his  neighbors.  As  I  entered,  he 
greeted  me,  as  he  always  did,  with  aftection ;  and  I  believe  he 
complimented  me  on  my  complexion,  Avhich  he  said  was  like  my 
father's  ;  and  his  was  such,  he  said,  that  he  never  knew  whether  he 
was  covered  with  powder  or  not.  [Laughter.]  The  conversation 
turned,  like  other  conversations  among  country  neighbors,  upon 
this  man's  condition  and  that  man's  condition ;  the  property  of  one, 
and  the  property  of  another,  and  how  much  each  was  worth.  At 
lust,  rousing  himself  from  an  apparent  slumber,  he  said,  "  Well,  I 
never  knew  but  once  what  I  was  worth.  In  the  war,  the  Indians 
took  me,  and  carried  me  to  Canada,  and  sold  rac  to  the  French  for 
forty  pounds  ;  and,  as  they  say  a  thing  is  worth  what  it  will  fetch, 
1  suppose  I  was  worth  forty  pounds."     [Laughter.] 

Tliese  are  the  scenes,  ye  native  born  ;  this  is  the  history,  ye  sons 
of  New  Hamj)sliire,  of  the  times  and  the  events,  which  brought 
forth  the  gallant  s[)irits  of  our  native  State  into  the  midst  of  a  still 
more  important  and  more  serious  conflict,  which  began  here  in 
ITTt).  2sew  Hampshire  was  then  full  of  soldiers;  indeed,  I  may 
say  that  the  whole  of  New  England  was  full  of  soldiers,  when 
tlK'  Revolutionary  War  ])roke  out.  New  Hampshire,  especially, 
had  hardly  any  body  in  it  that  liad  not  used  the  custom  of  bearing 


MR.    Webster's   speech,  25 

arms  in  the  previous  war.  As  proof  of  the  soldier-Uke  character 
of  our  New  England  yeomanry,  I  may  mention  a  fact  which  should 
nob  be  forgotten ;  that,  of  all  the  soldiers,  regular  and  militia, 
which  served  in  the  war  of  Independence,  Massachusetts  and  New 
Hampshire,  Connecticut  and  Rhode  Island ;  these  four  little  States, 
which,  as  you  look  upon  a  map  of  the  United  States,  you  can  cover 
with  your  hand  ;  these  States  furnished  more  than  one  half  of  all 
the  men  that  achieved  our  Independence.    [Cheers.] 

It  appears  from  official  and  statistical  record,  that,  during  the 
war,  in  the  regular  service  and  in  the  militia  service,  three  hun- 
dred and  seventeen,  or  three  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  men 
were  employed  in  our  armies.  I  say  that,  of  these,  New  England 
alone  furnished  more  than  half. 

I  may  refer  to  a  period  further  back.  I  may  revert  to  the  time 
that  Louisburg  Avas  taken  from  the  French,  in  1745.  How  many 
men  do  you  think  the  States  of  New  England  maintained  ? 
I  believe.  Gentlemen,  they  maintained,  for  one  or  two  years  at 
least,  upon  the  pay  of  the  Colonies,  more  men  against  the  French, 
than  were  enlisted,  at  any  one  time,  in  our  late  war  with  England. 
And  that  induced  old  Lord  Chatham  to  say  in  his  place  in  the 
House  of  Lords,  "  I  remember,  my  Lords,  when  New  England 
raised  four  regiments  on  her  own  bottom,  and  took  Louisburg  from 
the  veteran  troops  of  France." 

Then  came  the  war  of  the  Revolution  ;  it  broke  out  here  in  the 
State  of  Massachusetts.  "Where  was  New  I  lanipshirc  then  ?  AVas 
she  alienuted  from  the  cause,  or  from  her  sister  State  ?  No. 
Neither  tlien,  nor  at  any  time  in  the  succeeding  contest,  was  her  soil 
subject  to  the  tread  of  a  hostile  foot.  AVhetlier  they  thought  it  not 
worth  entering,  or  whether  they  did  not  choose  to  encounter  the  dwell- 
ers in  her  mountains,  I  do  not  care  to  decide.  The  truth  is,  no  enemy 
trod  on  the  soil  of  New  llanij)shire.  But  when  the  strife  began, 
■when  the  beacon  fires  were  lighted  here,  when  the  march  from 
Boston  to  Lexington,  and  Concord,  had  sjiread  the  flames  of  Liberty, 
Avho  answered  to  the  call  ?  Did  New  Hampshire  need  to  be  sum- 
moned to  Bunker  Hill  ''.  She  came  at  the  first  blaze  of  the  beacon 
fires.     >^une  were  earlier,  none  more  ready,  none  more  valiant. 

1  think  it  is  Madame  de  Stael  w'ho  says,  tliat  "  from  the  mountains 
of  the  North  there  comes  nothing  but  fire  and  the  sword."  And 
on  this  occasion,  there  did  indeed  come  from  our  native  mountains 
4 


26  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

both  fire  and  the  sword  ;  not  the  fire  of  devastation  and  desolation, 
not  the  sword  of  ruthless  plunder  and  massacre  ;  but  the  fire  of 
Liberty  and  the  sword  of  Patriotism.  [Overpowering  applause.] 
And  how  ardently  the  one  burned,  and  how  vigorously  the  other 
■was  plied  till  the  return  of  peace  enabled  the  country  to  sheath  it, 
and  be  at  rest,  let  the  whole  history  of  that  country  tell.  [Cheers 
redoubled.] 

Gentlemen,  from  Bunker  Hill  to  Yorktown,  there  was  not  a  battle 
in  which  New  Hampshire  blood  was  not  shed.  I  may  go  further 
yet ;  and  I  may  say  that  there  is,  probablv,  of  the  many  hundreds 
now  in  this  very  Hall,  a  representative  of  some  New  Hampsliire 
officer  or  soldier  who  fell  in  every  field,  and  left  his  bones  where  he 
fought  his  battle.  The  blood,  the  blood  of  New  Hampshire  men, 
falling  everywhere,  and  in  every  year  of  the  war,  in  defence  of  the 
liberty  of  the  country,  is  here  to-night.  I  hope  it  is  worthy  of  its 
descent,  and  that  it  Avill  transmit  itself  undefilcd  to  ages,  and  ages 
yet  to  come.     [Applause.] 

Those  who  returned  to  New  Hampshire  from  that  seven  years' 
contest,  have  their  graves  on  her  mountain  sides,  and  along  the 
valleys  of  their  native  land ;  and  those  graves  are  ever  objects  of 
public  regard,  and  private  affection  : 

"Ilow  sleep  the  brave,  who  .«iiik  to  rest, 
]}y  all  tlieir  Country's  wishes  hlest ! "' 

'■  And  Freedom  shall  awhile  rejiair. 
And  dwell,  a  weei)ing  hermit,  there." 

They  are  ever  pointed  out  to  the  passing  traveller  as  the  last  rest- 
ing place  of  the  patriotic  and  the  brave  ;  and  they  continue  to  be 
watered  with  the  tears  of  a  grateful  posterity.  But,  alas  I  all  did 
not  return.  McCleary,  the  earliest,  or  one  of  the  earliest  of  the 
New  Hampshire  victims  of  the  Revolutionary  struggle,  fell  in 
Charlestown.  His  blood  is  mixed  with  the  earth,  upon  which  yon- 
der monument  stands,  raising  its  head  to  the  skies,  and  challenging, 
from  the  world,  respect  and  admiration  for  the  spot  where  a  mili- 
tary achievement  was  performed,  which,  in  its  results,  in  the  long 
career  of  its  consefiucnces,  in  the  great  course  of  events  which 
followed  it,  and  their  effects  upon  human  happiness,  or  human  liberty, 
has  no  parallel  in  the  history  of  mankind. 


MR.   Webster's  speech.  27 

Adams  and  Coleman  fell  at  Saratoga,  and  the  soil  of  New  York 
contains  their  ashes.  Col.  Scammel,  a  scholar,  a  gentleman  of 
high  attainment  and  accomplishment,  a  soldier  of  undaunted  \  alor, 
Avent  through  the  whole  career  of  the  war,  and  lost  his  life  at  its 
close,  when  making  a  reeonnoissance,  as  Adjutant  General,  before 
the  redoubts  at  Yorktown.  There  he  fell.  He  lies  buried  in  the 
grave-jard  at  WiUiamsburg.  An  aftectionate  friend  and  comrade, 
Gen.  Henry  Dearborn,  took  pains  to  search  out  the  spot  where  his 
remains  were  buried.  He  could  find  no  more,  than  that  they  lay 
somewhere  in  that  consecrated  burial-ground.  A  braver,  or  a  bet- 
ter man,  did  not  belong  to  the  array.  I  never  read  his  history 
without  being  much  affected.  He  left  no  descendants.  He  was 
never  married.  His  career  was  short  and  brilliant,  like  that  of  the 
star  that  shoots  across  the  horizon,  and  goes  out  to  be  seen  no 
more.  His  friends  came  home  from  the  army,  full  of  attachment 
and  love  for  his  name  and  fame.  Gen,  John  Brooks,  formerly  Gov- 
ernor of  this  State,  beloved  by  every  body  and  distinguished  for 
every  virtue,  named  a  son  for  him,  Alexander  Scammel  Brooks. 
This  son  was  brought  up  to  the  army  like  his  predecessor  and  name- 
sake, and  lost  his  life  in  the  Florida  war.  Gen.  Dearborn,  another 
friend,  also  named  a  son  for  him.  Gen.  Henry  Alexander  Scammel 
Dearborn,  whom  wo  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  here  to-night. 
Col.  Wadsworth  also  gave  his  name  to  a  son  who  entered  the  Navy, 
and  is  now  Commodore  Alexander  Scammel  Wadsworth. 

The  three  namesakes,  all  about  the  same  ago,  and  early  acquain- 
tances and  friends,  lived,  until  death,  in  the  time  of  the  Florida  War, 
broke  up  the  trio  and  reduced  the  number  to  Gen.  Dearborn  and 
Commodore  Wadsworth.  I  wish,  as  a  spant:ineo:i3  tribute  of  the  pres- 
ent generation,  somewhere  within  the  sacred  grounds  of  the  church- 
yard at  Williamsburg,  at  the  expense  of  us,  Sons  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, a  monument  shoidd  bo  raised  to  the  memory  of  that  distin- 
guished soldier. 

(rcntlcmcn,  I  have  lu)  right  to  occupy  much  of  your  time.  ]\[y 
voice  is  a  little  too  familiar  to  you  all.  There  are  others  to  whom 
you  will  listen  with  more  gratification.  I  will  only  refer,  in  a  very  tVw 
words,  to  the  civil  history  of  this,  our  native  State,  in  the  past  and 
important  era  of  our  history ;  and  in  doing  that,  1  will  mention  only 
tlie  great  hkmi  wlio  signed  tlio   Declaration  of  Indeiiondent'e.  ami 


28  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

those  ■\vho  put  their  names  to  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 
The  Declaration  of  Independence,  on  the  part  of  New  Hampshire, 
was  signed,  in  the  first  place,  by  Josiah  Bartlett.  He  was  an  unos- 
tentatious man,  hut  able,  sensible,  and  patriotic.  He  left  numerous 
descendants,  and  there  are  here  those  who  belong  to  his  family 
and  kindred. 

Gen.  William  "Whipple  was  another  who  signed  the  Declaration. 
He  left  no  descendants  ;  nothing  but  his  character,  his  name,  and 
his  fame. 

Dr.  Matthew  Thornton  was  a  third.  And  his  descendants  are 
in  New  Hampshire,  in  Boston,  and  elsewhere  in  the  country  ;  some 
of  them  now  in  this  Hall.  Dr.  Thornton  was  one  of  the  most  ar- 
dent sons  of  hberty,  but  was,  as  it  happened,  not  at  Pliiladelpiiia 
on  the  4th  of  July,  1770,  when  the  vote  was  passed.  He  hurried 
immediately  to  Philadelphia.  You  know  that  the  official  resolutions 
of  Independence  were  only  to  be  signed  by  the  President.  But  a 
Declaration,  for  individual  signatures,  was  drawn  up.  The  first 
of  the  members  who  signed,  after  the  President,  was  Josiah  Bart- 
lett, of  New  Hampshire ;  the  next,  was  William  Whipple,  of  New 
Hampshire.  Matthew  Thornton  did  not  sign  immediately,  because 
he  was  not  there.  Others  went  on  to  sign ;  and  the  Massachusetts 
membei'S,  3'ou  remember,  signed  next  to  the  two  members  from  New 
Hampshire.  Thornton  hastened  back  to  his  post  to  sign  with  the 
rest,  and  t])e  nearest  place  to  his  colleagues  he  could  find,  was  at 
the  bottom  of  the  right-hand  column;  and  there  it  stands,  "Matthew 
Thornton."      [Apjilause.] 

Well,  Gentlemen,  we  now  come  to  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States.  John  Langdon  and  Nicholas  Gilman  represented  New 
Hampshire  in  the  Convention  of  1789.  Mr.  Langdon  has  left  de- 
scendants behind  him,  honorable  and  worthy.  An  excellent  woman, 
a  daughter,  still  lives,  esteemed  and  regarded  by  all  who  know 
lier. 

Nicholas  (iihnan,  of  a  family  always  an  honor  to  his  native  State, 
and  some  of  whom  I  dare  say  arc  here  tonight,  left  no  cliildren. 

At  this  |)erio(l  of  time,  without  disturbing  individual  opinion  or 
party  feeling-,  I  may  speak  of  some  of  the  early  members  of  Con- 
gress. When  the  Constitution  first  went  intoo{)eration,  the  men  of 
New   Hampshire    assisted    in  fn-ining  the  oi-iginal    organic    laws, 


MR.   Webster's  speech.  29 

were  confided  in  by  the  first  President  of  the  United  States,  and 
did  all  that  they  could  do  to  put  the  machine  in  operation.  At  the 
head  of  this  list  was  Samuel  Livermore,  the  father  of  several  jien- 
tleraen  of  respectability  in  public  life,  in  the  State,  and  in  the  Na- 
tional Councils.  Jeremiah  Smith  and  William  Gordon,  also,  both 
men  of  talent  and  industry,  and  warm  friends  of  the  first  President, 
held  seats  in  Congress  with  high  reputation. 

This,  Gentlemen,  was  the  history,  the  early  history  of  our  State, 
as  one  of  the  Union,  so  far  as  we  may  summarily  comment  upon  it 
here  to-night. 

In  regard  to  the  military  character  of  the  Revolutionary  heroes, 
and  the  early  statesmen,  and  in  regard  to  everything  which  was 
done,  or  ought  to  be  done,  or  was  expected  to  be  done,  to  bring  New 
Hampshire  honorably  and  respectably  into  the  great  circle  of  our 
Union,  Gentlemen,  I  leave  all  this  for  abler  tongues,  fresher  recol- 
lections, and  more  persuasive  accents.  I  sit  down  myself,  filled 
with  profound  veneration  for  the  character  of  my  native  State,  and 
acknowledging  to  her  my  own  personal  debt,  for  her  culture  and 
nurture,  and  determined,  so  far  as  in  me  lies,  to  transmit  the  sense 
of  that  obligation  to  those  who  shall  come  after  me. 

As  soon  as  the  applause  following  Mr.  Webster's  speech  had  sub- 
sided, he  rose  and  said,  "  The  proper  Committee  has  placed  sundry 
Toasts  in  my  hands,  which  I  shall  have  the  pleasure  to  announce  to 
the  meeting.  And  they  have  signified  their  wishes  as  to  the  per- 
sons who  arc  to  answer  to  them.  And  I  now  have  the  honor  to 
propose  the  first  regular  toast :  " 

1.  Xew  HdiiipsJiIre  !  Our  foininnn  motliev  !  I[()me  of  our  ln'ijilitcst,  liappiost. 
liour.s!  Tliy  liills  and  valleys,  thy  woods  and  sti'canis,  and  all  thy  pleasant 
nii'niories  arc  evor  with  us, 

"  WhiTc'cr  wo  roMin,  wliatcvcr  ro;ilins  wo  sco, 
Our  liearts,  uiitravelloil,  funilly  turn  to  tlicc." 

"  The  Hon.  Levi  Woodbuiy,  Judge  of  the  Supreme  l>eiich  of 
the  Court  of  the  United  States,  will  respond  to  this  sentiment." 


30  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 


SPEECH  OF  JUDGE  WOODBURY. 

I  cannot,  Sir,  but  feel  honored,  though  somcAvhat  surprised,  that 
an  answer  is  expected  from  me,  to  the  last  toast.  It  is  certain, 
however,  that  the  call  of  this  "  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hamp- 
shire," has  touched  a  chord  which  vibrates  in  the  hearts  of  all,  eith- 
er at  home  or  abroad. 

But  I  came  here  merely  to  acknowledge  your  generous  hospital- 
ity ;  yet,  acting  as  now  requested,  I  take  the  liberty  to  thank  you, 
most  heartily,  for  your  warm  remembrance  of  your  native  soil,  and 
I  think  I  may  safely  venture  to  assure  you,  that  the  name  and  asso- 
ciations of  the  Granite  State,  are  in  no  portion  of  our  hallowed 
Union  dearer,  than  among  her  quiet  hills  and  valleys.  It  is  grati- 
fying to  sec  men  occasionally  call  to  mind  the  purity  and  simplicity 
of  the  scenes  of  early  life,  and  it  is  creditable  to  them  to  turn  aside, 
for  at  least  a  few  hours,  from  the  anxieties  and  haunts  of  business, 
the  mere  Mammon  of  the  world,  and  think  over,  and  talk  over,  the 
farm-house  and  fields  of  childhood,  their  beloved  Argos,  the  village 
school  and  village  church,  the  plough  and  scythe,  of  growing  youth 
or  manhood,  and  the  motlier,  sister,  and  brother,  who  cheered  you 
at  dewy  eve  on  your  return  from  daily  toil.  This  is  purifying. 
Well,  too,  may  some  of  you  remember  the  gun  and  fishing  rod, 
which,  while  furnishing  healthy  amusement,  prepared  some  of  you, 
by  the  mimic  war  of  the  chase,  to  help  to  conquer  so  nobly  at  Palo 
Alto,  and  under  the  walls  of  Mexico. 

It  is  not  a  matter  of  surprise  to  me,  to  see  here  to-night  so  many 
emigrants  from  our  native  State,  considering  the  departures,  year- 
ly, from  her  as  swarms  from  an  overstocked  hive,  and  considering 
the  enterprise  fostered  where  it  is  necessary  to  obtain  a  livelihood 
if  the  soil  is  not  the  richest,  and  the  territory  small,  and  consid- 
ering the  good  education  bestowed  there  in  the  free  Schools,  Acad- 
emies, and  (Colleges,  and  the  hardihood  acquired  by  a  training  in 
infancy  among  the  AIjjs  of  the  Switzerland  of  America,  nor,  con- 
sidering all  tliese,  is  it  a  matter  of  surprise  to  sec  so  many  of  you 
scattered  so  widely,  and  with  such  cheering  success,  both  elsewhere 
and  here,  having  been  able  to  furnish  tluis  some  Senators  in  Con- 
gi'css.  Ileitrcsentatives,  (lovernors,  and  Judges,  as  well  as  Profes- 
.'iional  men.  Mechanics,  and  Farmers,  not  only  for  every  section  of 


■^^«C: 


xm/f 


JUDGE  Woodbury's   speech.  31 

the  Union,  but  Cotton  Manufacturers  for  the  water-falls  of  Mexico, 
Merchants  for  the  Exchange  of  London  and  Paris,  and  Admirals, 
even,  for  the  Navy  of  Russia.  If  not  particularly  fruitful  in  crops, 
beside  her  granite  and  ice,  your  native  State  is  generally  conceded 
to  have  been  fruitful  in  men,  and  her  exports  of  them  are  seldom 
more  highly  appreciated  than  they  deserve,  as  may  be  seen  by  the 
specimens  here  this  day,  residing  among  you.  When  asked  for  her 
wealth,  and  especially  her  jewels,  she  points,  like  the  Roman  Ma- 
tron, to  her  sons.  She  sends  her  daughters,  likewise,  to  all  quar- 
ters of  the  country,  which  allusion  will  not,  I  hope,  be  deemed  amiss, 
though  in  a  "  Festival  of  her  Sons."     [Applause.] 

They  are  in  such  demand  for  domestic  industry  and  virtue,  as 
guardians  of  the  spindle  in  numerous  factories ;  as  teachers  of  the 
young  in  many  Seminaries  of  learning ;  as  wives  and  mothers  iu 
every  sphere  of  life,  that  most  of  us,  and  at  least  those  who,  like 
myself,  have  some  interest  in  the  question,  may  be  excused  for  feel- 
ing some  pride  in  their  modest  worth. 

Thsre  is  one  deserving  trait  in  these  emigrants  not  to  be  forgot- 
ten by  those  at  home,  and  of  which  this  Festival  is  a  strong  proof. 
They  are  not  ashamed  of  the  State  which  gave  them  birth.  In- 
deed, though  rocky  as  Ithaca, 

"  Lives  there  a  man  ■with  soul  so  dead, 
Who  never  to  himself  has  said, 
This  is  my  own,  my  native  land." 

Within  the  space  of  a  few  months,  I  once  visited  every  State  in 
the  Union  but  two  or  three,  finding  "  Sons  of  New  Hampshire"  in 
all,  and  thanks  to  Providence,  among  all  the  host,  very  few  were  re- 
luctant to  acknowledge  their  origin,  to  hail  from  New  Hampshire, 
or  forgetful  of  the  many  excellencies  in  some  respects  of  their  fath- 
erland. 

The  same  hardy  industry  which  animated  their  ancestors  to  fell 
our  forest,  continued  to  distinguish  most  of  them,  the  same  itidepeu- 
dence  of  thought  and  action  which  led  them  to  set  up  for  themselves, 
near  a  century  before  the  Revolution,  and,  as  a  (piaint  writer  re- 
marked, "  to  trot  no  lon<ier  after  the  Bay  hort<e,"  the  same  indomitable 
courage  which  manned  their  nerves  to  tace  unappalled  the  fierce 
Mohawk,  the  same  patriotism  which  led  them  to  fight  for  the  moth- 
er country  and  themselves  at  Louisburg,  under  Vauglian  and  Pep- 


32  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

percl,  (both  from  Portsmouth,  and  the  bones  of  the  latter  still  sleep 
near  the  mouth  of  her  harbor,)  and  at  Quebec  under  Rogers 
and  Wolf,  the  same  love  of  liberty  for  which  they  bled  on  almost 
every  battle-field  of  the  Revolution,  as  at  Runker  Hill  under  McCla- 
ry,  at  Rhode  Island  under  Sullivan,  at  Rennington  under  Stark, 
at  Saratoga  under  Dearborn,  at  Yorktown  under  Scammel,  and  on 
the  decks  of  the  Ranger  and  Ronne  Ilomme  Richard  under  Hall 
and  Paul  Jones,  the  same  as  since,  in  other  wars,  under  the  gallant 
Miller  and  McNeil  at  Lundy's  Lane,  the  same  devotion  to  popular 
education,  to  civil  freedom,  e(pial  laws,  and  all  the  great  rights  of 
conscience  that  distinguished  then  her  statesmen  and  jurists,  her 
Mcshech  Weares,  her  Langdons  and  Livermores,  and  that  in  every 
cloudy  sky  during  the  last  half  century  have  marked  the  career  of 
her  people,  and  made  them  faithful  to  the  true  principles  of  the 
Constitution. 

In  exerting  your  energies  for  the  benefit  of  a  sister  State,  it  would 
be  unjust  to  regard  you  as  abandoning  or  deserthig  thehal)its  and 
principles,  or  the  welfare  of  your  Alma  Mater ;  but,  rather,  we 
consider  you  as  seeking  fame  and  fortune  in  the  spirit  of  liberty 
and  independence,  as  gathering  Avealth,  intelligence,  useful  arts,  and 
glory  in  this  great  nursery  of  all  of  them,  and  to  bless  your  parent 
soil  as  well  as  any  other  place  you  may  select  for  future  residence, 

'•  Tlie  world,"  —  Ix'fore  you,  wlicre  to  fliooso, 
and  IVovidcnce  your  yuidc," 

and  also  as  repaying  for  a  time  to  this  sister  State  for  emigrations 
thence  to  New  Hampshire,  like  my  own  ancestors  and  those  of 
many  around  me  near  a  century  ago.     [A})})lausc.] 

(jo  on,  then,  and  jn'osper  in  all  this  as  you  doubtless  will,  if  con- 
tinuing true  to  the  principles  and  examples  which  for  many  genera- 
tions have  been  beacon  lights  on  your  native  hills,  and  which  speak 
to  us  all,  trumpet-tongued,  every  time  we  visit  the  graves  of  our 
fathers  among  those  rugged  clifl's. 

Teach  them,  I  pray  you,  to  your  children  and  children's  children, 
Avho,  in  confiding  love,  climb  your  knees  and  watch  with  devoted 
faith  every  accent  ofyoin-  lips.    [Cheers.] 

Teach  them,  as  our  Pilgrim  fathers  said  of  the  Hible,  till  you  can 
find  something  clearly  better.  Then,  whether  in  religion,  politics, 
literature,  the  arts,  or  social  life,  like  true  reformers  and  patriots,  do 


MR.   wilder's   speech.  33 

not,  in  this  free  country,  persist  in  any  manifest  error,  but  I  had  al- 
most said,  in  the  name  of  heaven,  join  the  armies  of  improvement 
and  progress,  and  a  higher  civilization,  and  let  onward  be  your 
watchword,  and  your  march. 

Mr.  Webster  gave  as  the  second  regular  toast :  — 

2.  The  Commoraceahh  of  Massachusetts !  —  We  render  to  her,  as  our  foster 
parent,  the  gratitude  of  our  hearts  for  her  hospitality  and  encouragement.  1  o 
her  Institutions  and  Laws,  Ave  promise  as  warm  and  cordial  support  as  she  has 
a  right  to  expect  from  the  most  devoted  of  her  own  native  citizens. 

The  President  called  upon  Hon.  Marshall  P.  Wilder,  of  the 
Executive  Council,  Avho  replied  as  follows :  —  i 

Mr.  President  and  Gentlemeii  — 

In  consequence  of  the  official  relations  which  exist  between  the 
Governor  of  the  Commonwealth  and  myself,  I  undei-stand  that  I  am 
expected  to  reply  to  the  sentiment  which  has  just  been  announced. 
Would,  Sir,  that  his  Excellency  had  been  a  son  of  New  Hampshire, 
that  he  might  have  been  present,  and  have  responded  for  the  Old 
Bay  State  with  that  propriety  and  force  which  always  characterize 
him  on  public  occasions.     [Cheers.] 

I  observe  near  me  a  distinguished  gentleman,  the  President  of 
the  Senate,  who  might  as  appropriately  speak  for  Massachusetts  as 
myself,  and  whose  voice  wc  always  delight  to  hear,  for  he  belongs 
to  that  class  of  Bells  whose  intonations,  whether  vibrating  among 
his  native  hills  or  in  the  Capitol  of  this  Commomvealth,  never  give 
an  uncertain  sound.     [Repeated  cheers.] 

I  am  happy,  Mr.  President,  to  acknowledge  the  compliment  paid 
to  the  State  of  our  adoption,  and  respond  the  more  readily  to  the 
call,  because  I  have  here  passed  half  of  my  life,  and  also  because 
I  was  born  but  just  over  the  line  which  divides  Massachusetts  and 
New  Hampshire.  Much  as  I  love  the  latter,  and  the  place  where 
my  eyes  first  saw  tlic  light  of  heaven  —  much  as  I  believe  in 
early  education,  and  that,  "just  as  the  twig  is  bent,  the  tree's 
inclined,"  yet  I  cannot  tell  to  which  I  am  more  indebted,  whether 
to  the  one  that  rocked  my  cradle,  or  to  the  other  whicli  has  blessed 
and  prospered  my  manhood.  Standing  here,  the  son  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, I  tliink,  in  passing,  I  ouglit  to  drop  a  word  of  filial  regard  for 


o 


34  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

her,  but  if  she  needs  any  commendation,  what  can  be  said  more  in 
lier  praise,  than  to  call  her  the  mother  of  such  a  lar^e  family  of 
intelligent  sons  as  I  see  around  me.  It  is  said,  Mr.  President,  that 
her  soil  is  rough  and  rocky,  that  her  climate  is  cold  and  uncon- 
genial, and  that  her  productions  are  granite  and  ice.  In  part,  the 
truth  of  these  remarks  is  admitted,  but  there  is  one  product,  of  which 
she  has  raised  a  large  crop,  in  common  with  old  Massachusetts, 
a  crop  which  has  found  a  ready  market  abroad  ;  and,  if  she  may  be 
judged  by  the  representation  she  sends,  in  our  guests,  on  this  occa- 
sion, her  store  is  not  yet  exhausted. 

She  has  raised  men,  fjreat  me7i,  and  had  she  performed  no  other 
service,  this  alone  were  sufficient  to  associate  her  name  with  Sparta 
and  Athens,  in  the  history  of  mankind.  Her  Stark,  to  whom  you 
have  so  happily  alluded,  Mr.  President,  Avas  a  modern  Leonidas, 
and,  among  her  orators,  no  one  Avould  hesitate  to  point  out  a  De- 
mosthenes.    [Enthusiastic  applause.] 

As  for  Massachusetts,  she  needs  no  praise  from  me.  She  is 
everywhere  exalted  to  the  summit  of  human  excellence.  Her  deeds 
of  Revolutionary  valor  will  be  rehearsed  while  the  names  of  Boston, 
Bunker  Hill,  and  Lexington,  shall  have  a  place  in  history.  Her 
citizens,  her  schools  and  colleges,  her  internal  improvements,  and 
all  her  institutions,  speak  for  themselves.  If  any  inquire  after  her 
welfare,  her  sons  with  proud  exultation  may  point  to  her,  and  in 
your  own  expressive  language,  Mr.  President,  if  you  will  allow  me 
to  repeat  it,  may  say,  —  "  Inhere  she  is,  behold  her  !  " 

It  would  be  interesting  to  notice  the  wonderful  progress  of  the 
Old  Bay  State,  from  the  time  when  New  Hampshire  stood  side 
by  side,  and  shoulder  to  shoulder  Avith  her  in  the  struggle  for  Inde- 
pendence ;  but,  as  there  are  many  gentlemen  present  Avho  are  ex- 
pected to  address  the  meeting,  I  Avill  not  trespass  upon  their  time. 
In  return  for  tlic  compliment  paid  to  Massachusetts,  permit  me,  Mr. 
President,  to  offer  the  following  toast:  — 

77/e  Granite  Sirite  .'  — 

"  Men  lire  tlio  growth  her  frozen  realms  ?iipjily, 
And  souls  arc  rifiened  'iieatli  her  northern  sk\-." 

[Mr.  Wilder's  remarks  Avcrc  received  Avith  repeated  outbursts  of 
applause  all  over  the  Hall.] 


MR.     BIGELOW'S    SPEECH.  35 

The  Chair  announced  the  third  regular  toast :  — 

3.  Boston  and  its  Inhabitants !  —  Always  enlightened  and  liberal,  jealous  of 
no  t'ompetition,  envious  of  no  success  of  others  ;  always  ready  to  receive  with 
open  arms,  to  the  brotherhood  of  fellow  citizens,  the  industrious,  the  worthy, 
and  the  distinguished. 

SPEECH   OF   THE   HON.  JOHN   PRESCOTT   BIGELOAV, 

MAYOR    OF    nOSTOX. 

Mr.  Chairman  — 

I  have  not  words  adequately  to  express  my  feelings  in  respond- 
ing to  tlie  tribute,  which  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire  have  seen 
fit,  in  accepting  that  sentiment,  to  pay  to  the  city  of  their  adoption. 
Sir,  if  that  city  be  goodly,  if  that  city  lift  up  its  head  in  hon- 
orable rivalry  with  the  great  marts  of  the  globe ;  if  it  be,  in  a 
peculiar  degree,  the  abode  of  the  arts,  or  sciences,  and  of  good 
principles  ;  if,  Sir,  it  exercises  a  wholesome  influence  upon  public 
opinion  throughout  this  land,  there  are  none,  noxe  more  entitled  to 
boast  of  these  things,  than  the  goodly  company  upon  which  I  now 
look  around.  [''Hear,"  "hear."]  For  none.  Sir,  wone  have  done 
more  to  promote  the  prosperity  of  the  city  of  the  Pilgrims,  or  to 
sustain  and  advance  the  institutions  of  her  founders,  than  the  sons 
of  New  Hampshire.     [Cheers.] 

Boston,  Sir,  acknowledges  the  debt,  [applause,]  and  bids  mo 
salute  you  and  your  brethren,  with  grateful  thanks,  for  the  alle- 
giance you  have  borne  her  government,  for  the  truth  and  fidelity 
with  which  you  have  contributed  to  uphold  her  ancient  character. 
[Applause.] 

Mr.  Chairman,  much  as  I  expected  of  the  demonstration  this 
night,  in  reference  to  numbers  and  imposing  effect,  I  confess  that 
I  am  astonislied  at  the  scene  which  I  sec  around  me.  Sir,  I  am 
surprised  to  find  so  many  citizens,  whom  I  well  know  in  every  Ward 
of  the  city,  good  men  and  true  as  they  arc.  so  many  of  tliose  wlio 
are  valued,  and  loved,  and  honored  among  us,  that  so  many  should 
claim  New  Hampshire  as  their  birth-place.  Sir,  the  invitation  that 
went  forth  has  been  answered  by  individuals  of  every  class  and  pro- 
fession ;  and  it  would  seem  to  me  as  if  it  partook  somewhat  of  the 
magic  influence  of  the  Imglo  of  iioderick,  when  it  was  heard  in  the 
irlen  : 


36  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

"  Instant,  through  copse  and  heatli,  arose 
Jioiniets  and  spears  and  bended  bows ; 

***** 
And  every  tuft  of  broom  pives  life 
To  phiided  warrior  arm'd  for  strife."' 

[Cheers.] 
And  I  feel  as  much  amazed  as  the  Knight  of  SnoAvdon,  when  gazing 
on  "•  Ben  Ledi's  living  side,"  while  I  survey  this  greater  mviltitudc, 
so  suddenly  assembled,  in  obedience  to  a  more  welcome  than  the 
Highland  summons.     [Cheers.] 

Mr.  Chairman,  your  native  State  has  peculiar  claims  upon  the 
vivid  remembrance  of  her  sons.  Her  scenery  justly  entitles  her  to 
be  called  in  that  respect,  the  Scotland  of  America.  The  lake 
and  the  meadow,  the  glen  and  the  forest,  are  there  ;  there  too,  are 
those  colossal  pyramids  of  nature,  seemingly  the  dwelling-place  of 
the  Titans,  fit  nursery  of  that  gigantic  intellect,  which  is  the 
pride  of  our  own  country,  and  the  admiration  of  the  world.  [This 
noble  tribute  to  the  President  of  the  day,  was  responded  to  with 
hearty  cheers.] 

Sir,  from  your  native  hills  a  living  stream  is  ever  sweeping  over 
this  land,  and,  I  may  say,  the  world,  like  the  mystic  Nile,  enriching 
every  spot  where  it  flows.  The  sons  of  New  Hampshire,  may  say 
with  iEneas, 

'•  Quis  jiunhx'us,    *     *     * 
Qii:e  refrio  in  tenis  iiustri  noii  plena  laboris  '.  '' 

What  region  of  the  globe  does  not  bear  witness  to  the  energy  and 
enterprise  of  our  people  ?     [x\pplause.] 

Sir,  the  stern  '•  Old  Man  of  the  Mountain''^  looks  forth  from  his 
rocky  watch-tower  upon  this  living  stream  as  it  flows  forth  at  his 
feet,  and  I  cannot  but  fancy,  that  even  Jiis  stony  heart  must  be 
touched  with  pride  and  satisfaction,  as  he  sees  from  afar  the  wor- 
thy, the  honorable,  the  noble  career,  of  his  children.  [Repeated 
cheers.] 

Mr.  Cliairman,  I  feel  that  I  can  appreciate  the  sentiments  which 
animate  this  meeting  ;  and  am  forcibly  reminded  of  a  scone  wliich  I 
have  witnessed  in  your  native  State. 

The  weary  traveller  as  he  climbs  the  rough  pathway  which  leads 
to  the  summit  of  Mount  Washington,  and  treads  amidst  the  drearier 
scenes  of  nature,  apparently  beyond  the  region  of  vegetation,  comes 


MR.     BIGELOW'S    SPEECH.  37 

unexpectedly  to  a  charming  lake,  with  verdant  shores,  denominated 
"  The  Lake  of  the  Clouds."  Gladdened  by  the  sight,  he  seeks  its 
mossy  sides,  and  there  pauses  to  rest  and  recover  strength  before  he 
resumes  the  steep  and  rugged  ascent.  Perhaps,  this  is  not  an  inajtt 
similitude  of  this  gathering.  From  the  toils  and  cares,  from  the  hard 
journey ings  and  stern  realities  of  life,  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire, 
gather  to  this  jubilee,  for  refreshment  and  joy.  [Applause.]  Here, 
for  a  while,  you  may  repose,  forgetful  of  the  trials  and  troubles  of 
the  way,  and  devote  a  few  hours  to  the  interchange  of  fraternal 
greeting,  to  the  recalling  of  pleasant  memories  and  fond  associations. 
On  the  morrow,  you  take  up  again  the  pilgrim's  staff,  and,  with  re- 
newed willingness  and  energy,  press  forward  upon  the  remaining 
pathway  of  life.     [Cheers.] 

But  I  do  not  forget  that  this  is  a  family  gathering,  and  that  it  is 
not  for  the  stranger,  even  in  returning  thanks  for  the  civility  ten- 
dered to  himself,  to  detain  you  from  more  appropriate  sources  of  in- 
struction. 

Sir,  I  have  a  word  more  to  say,  and  I  shall  have  done.  That 
splendid  sheet  of  water,  which,  like  a  brilliant  diamond,  sparkles  in 
the  bosom  of  your  native  State,  was  called  by  the  aboriginal  inhabi- 
tants, as  translated,  "  The  Smile  of  the  Great  Spirit,"  and  upon 
this  beautiful  fancy,  I  ask  leave  to  found  a  sentiment  which  I 
would  submit  for  the  acceptance  of  the  meeting  : — 

The  Lake  Wmniphseogce.  —  May  the  "  Smile  of  the  Groat  S[)irit,"  wliich,  to 
the  eye  of  the  poor  Indian,  beamed  upon  its  waters,  be  ever  reflected  by  the 
prosperity  and  happiness  of  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire. 

[Prolonged  cheering.] 

The  Chair  remarked  that"  the  Committee  on  Invitations"  address- 
ed sundry  letters  to  distinguished  citizens  of  Xew  Hampshire,  in- 
viting them  to  be  present  on  this  occasion.  Many  of  them  found  it 
convenient,  much  to  our  gratification,  to  accept  those  invitations  ; 
others,  through  age  and  infirmity,  or  other  causes,  declined  such 
acceptances,  and  have  written  to  the  Committee  their  rcsjective 
answers. 

I  have  thought  it  proper,  or  that  it  might  be  agreeable,  that, 
in  the  intervals  between  the  re^iular  toasts,  of  which  tiicre  are  not 


o8  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

a  great  number,  I  should  advert  to  some  of  these  letters,  referring 
generally  to  their  contents,  and  mentioning  the  persons  from  whom 
they  came.  After  that,  they  will  be  handed  over  to  those  whose 
duty  it  is  to  publish  the  proceedings. 

The  first  letter  is  from  ex-Governor  Plummer,  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. [See  Appendix,  for  the  complete  letters.]  He  is  a  man  of 
learning  and  of  talent.  He  has  performed  important  service  in  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States.  He  has  been  many  years  Governor 
of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire.  He  has  lived  a  life  of  study  and 
attainment,  and,  I  suppose  is,  among  the  men  now  living,  one  of  the 
best  informed  in  the  matters  pertaining  to  the  history  of  his  country. 
He  is  now  more  than  ninety  years  of  age.  He  expresses  the  pleasure 
he  should  feel  to  be  here,  if  his  advanced  life  would  permit. 

Gentlemen,  he  is,  according  to  my  recollection,  the  oldest  mem- 
ber of  Congress  now  living.  Mr.  Gallatin,  lately  deceased,  was  his 
predecessor  for  some  years  in  the  House  of  Representatives.  Mr. 
Ross,  some  four  or  five  years  ago  deceased,  was  his  predecessor  also. 
They  are  gone,  and  therefore  I  now  propose  the  health  of  Governor 
Plummer  of  New  Hampshire,  the  oldest  living  member  of  the  Con- 
gress of  the  United  States.     [Great  applause.] 

The  Chair  gave  the  fourth  regular  sentiment :  — 

4.  Thf.  Government  of  our  Native  Stale  !  —  Free  in  its  principles,  sound  in 
its  c-onstitutional  provisions,  and  blessed  ■with  a  judiciary  respectable  for  talent, 
learning,  and  integrity. 

SPEECH   OF   THE  HON.  JOEL   PARKER, 

KOYALL    rUOlESSOK    OF   LAW    IX    UAIIVAIID     UNIVKIJSITY. 

You  call  upon  me,  Mr.  President,  to  answer  for  the  Government 
and  Judiciary  of  New  Hampshire,  but  a  summons  to  talk  upon  a 
festive  occasion  is  a  form  of  summons  to  wliich  I  am  somewhat  un- 
used, and  the  <jue.stion  is,  how  1  am  to  make  my  answer.  I  am 
not,  and,  as  you  are  aware,  never  have  been  one  of  the  numerous 
Governors  of  tliat  State,  and  as  I  no  longer  have  a  seat  upon  the 
P>eiicli  there,  you  do  not  expect  tliat  I  sliould  assume  the  office  of 
rendering  acknowledgments,  for  the  kind  and  courteous  manner  in 
which  her  Government  and  Judiciary  have  a  present  remembrance. 

1  might,  therefore,  be  at  a  loss  to  determine  in  what  particular 


MR.     PARKER'S    SPEECH.  39 

character  I  ought  to  respond  to  the  summons,  were  it  not  that  the 
usages  of  this  country  do  not,  Hke  those  of  England,  invest  him 
"who  descends  from  the  Bench,  with  such  a  weight  of  judicial  dig- 
nity, that  he  cannot  return  to  his  earlier  avocations.     [Cheers.] 

I  may  then,  Sir,  resume  my  former  pursuits,  and  consider  your 
call  as  a  retainer  to  answer  for  the  Government  and  for  the  Judi- 
ciary of  my  native  State,  in  relation  to  such  matters  as  I  find  ob- 
jected against  them.     ["  Hear,"  "  hear."] 

On  looking  over  the  docket,  however,  I  do  not  perceive  any 
cause,  in  which  her  Judiciary  is  at  this  time  particularly  required  to 
make  its  defence.     [Laughter  and  applause.] 

Since  the  time  when  an  attempt  was  made  to  "  teach  the  Supe- 
rior Court  of  New  Hampshire  what  the  United  States  is,"  the  Judi- 
ciary of  that  State  has  been  permitted  to  execute  its  own  judgment 
and  decrees,  according  to  its  own  pleasure.     [Cheers.] 

But,  Sir,  I  find  upon  the  file,  a  declaration,  drawn  up  some  yeai-s 
since,  containing  divers  allegations,  in  which  the  State  and  its 
Judiciary,  in  common  with  all  its  citizens,  have  a  deep  interest ; 
and,  as  I  am  not  aware  that  the  case  has  ever  been  brought  to  a 
formal  trial,  I  propose  to  call  it  up  for  a  hearing  on  the  present 
occasion.    [Cheers.] 

The  principal  averment  in  that  declaration  is,  that  New  Hamp- 
shire is  a  benighted  State ;  [laughter  ;]  accompanying  that  aver- 
ment, there  were  divers  other  epithets,  which,  like  other  matter, 
sometimes  incorporated  into  declarations,  may  be  regarded  as  sur- 
plusage. 

I  am  aware.  Sir,  that  this  declaration,  when  originally  made,  was 
connected  with  the  results  of  party  politics ;  and  with  party  politics, 
upon  the  present  occasion,  we  have  nothing  to  do.  [Applause.] 
But  it  has  been  iterated  and  reiterated,  upon  like  occasions,  and 
upon  some  others,  until  there  may  be  danger,  if  it  continues  to  j)ass 
unchallenged,  that  those  wiio  make  it  may  begin  to  entertain  a  sup- 
position that  there  is  soioothing  in  it. 

Sir,  I  meet  that  allegation  with  a  general  denial,  and  a  jiarticular 
denial ;  with  a  formal  traverse,  and  a  special  traverse  ;  and  I  waive 
all  right  to  require  proof  in  support  of  it,  assuming  the  burden  of 
proving  the  negative,  by  showing  that  New  Hampshire  has  not 
])een,  is  not,  and  never  will  be,  a  l)cnigbted  State. 


40  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

You  will  not  expect  me  to  offer  all  the  proof  which  ray  case  fur- 
nishes, because  jou  will  tell  me  that  it  is  a  waste  of  time  to  put  in 
a  great  mass  of  cumulative  evidence  ;  and,  besides,  the  jury  will 
not  wish  to  sit  here  until  next  November,  to  listen  to  the  detail. 
[Repeated  cheers.]  I  will,  therefore,  only  crave  your  patience 
Avhile  I  select  from  my  brief. 

New  Hampshire  was  among  the  foremost  in  asserting  the  rights 
of  the  Colonies,  and  has  been  a  staunch  supporter  of  a  united  Na- 
tional Government. 

The  first  witness  I  call  is  one  you  have  yourself  summoned.  I 
allude  to  that  column  of  granite,  which,  on  yonder  height,  rises  ''  to 
meet  the  sun  in  his  coming."  It  stands  as  an  enduring  monument 
of  the  patriotism  and  valor  of  Massachusetts.  But  it  stands  not  for 
her  alone.  She  looked  to  New  Hampshire,  in  the  days  of  the 
event  which  it  commemorates,  to  sustain  her  in  her  opposition  to 
the  arbitrary  measures  of  the  Crown,  and  she  looked  not  in  vain, 
^lassachusetts  held  the  summit,  but  upon  the  declivity  of  that  hal- 
lowed hill,  in  near  proximity,  stood  New  Hampshire  ;  and  if  her 
aid  was  not  perfectly  effectual,  it  was  not  inefficient  in  that  memo- 
rable conflict. 

When  the  contest  had  continued  until  the  idea  of  Independence 
began  to  be  entertained,  New  Hampshire,  in  January,  1776, 
adopted  a  Provisional  Constitution,  said  to  be  the  first  formed  by 
any  of  the  Colonics,  against  which  a  protest  was  made  by  a  few 
persons,  because  it  appeared  too  much  like  setting  up  an  indepen- 
dency of  the  mother  country.  And,  in  June  following,  her  Assem- 
bly, organized  under  that  Constitution,  passed  a  resolution  instruct- 
ing their  delegates  in  the  Continental  Congress  "  to  join  with  the 
other  colonics  in  declaring  the  thirteen  United  Colonies  a  Free  and 
Indi'pendent  State,^'  Avith  a  proviso,  that  her  own  internal  police 
should  be  under  the  direction  of  her  own  Assembly. 

.  To  the  memorable  Declaration  Avhich  soon  followed,  two  of  her 
delegates  in  Congress,  (you  have  already  referred  to  the  fact,) 
had  the  honor  of  affixing  their  names  next  after  that  of  John  Han- 
cock, the  President,  [enthusiasm,]  and  as  soon  as  intelligence  of 
that  Declaration  reached  the  new  State,  (it  took  the  telegraph  of 
that  period,  several  days  to  transmit  it,)  independence  Avas  pro- 
claimed, by  beat  of  drums,  in  her  principal  towns. 


MR.  Parker's  speech.  41 

Wlien,  subsequently,  it  was  found  that  the  confederation  of  the 
States  did  not  provide  sufficiently  for  the  welfare  of  the  whole 
people,  and  it  became  necessary  "  to  consolidate  our  Union,"  by 
the  adoption  of  a  Federal  Constitution  again,  Massachusetts,  as  the 
correspondence  of  that  period  will  show,  looked  anxiously  to  New 
Hampshire  ;  and  again  she  was  not  disappointed.  It  fell  to  the  lot 
of  New  Hampshire,  to  give  the  vote  which  secured  to  us  the  ines- 
timable benefits  of  a  National  Government.  The  ratification  of 
nine  States  was  required,  and  New  Hampshire  was  the  ninth  State 
which  voted  upon  the  subject.  There  were  many  who  had  misgiv- 
ings, and  were  desirous  of  incorporating  into  the  Constitution  cer- 
tain provisions,  most  of  which  have  since  been  added,  by  way  of 
amendment ;  and  there  were  some  there,  who  were  of  opinion  that 
it  ought  not  to  be  ratified  without  such  amendments.  But  New 
Hampshire  considered  the  exigency,  and  her  vote  was  decisive  of 
its  adoption.  [Cheers.]  The  evidence  of  most  of  these  facts 
may  be  found  on  the  pages  of  her  history. 

Did  I  hear  some  one  say,  that  to  the  Constitution  wliich  her 
prudence  thus  secured,  she  has  since  given  a  Defender?  [This 
happy  allusion  to  the  Chairman,  produced  the  most  vociferous 
cheering.] 

New  Hampshire  has  been  a  devoted  adherent  to  the  cause  of  pop- 
ular education. 

You,  and  I,  Mr.  President,  and  many  others  here  present,  have 
known,  aye,  well  known,  those  who,  in  her  early  days,  Avith  stout 
hearts,  and  strong  arms,  laid  low  her  forests,  cultivated  the  rocky 
soil  between  the  stumps  of  the  trees,  rising  early,  and  working  late, 
that  they  might  educate  their  children ;  that  they  might  "  send  their 
sons  to  college."  The  forest  has  nearly  disappeared,  but  the  ener- 
gy and  the  spirit  still  remain  and  will  continue,  and  by  their  fruits 
ye  shall  know  them. 

If  you  examine  the  statutes  of  the  State,  j^ou  will  find  that,  for 
a  long  series  of  years,  her  inhabitants  were  taxed  ninety  thousand 
dollars,  and  since  that  time,  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  |><.7'  att- 
nuiii,  for  the  support  of  Common  Schools.  Tlie  Selectmen  of  the 
towns  were  rcfjuired  by  law  to  assess  to  that  extent.  Besides  this, 
tlic  towns  are  autliorisod  to  vote  an  unlimited  amount  tor  this  object, 
and  under  this  statute  provision,  many  of  them  have  assessed  upon 
G 


42  NEW   HAMPSHIRE   FESTIVAL. 

themselves  large  sums.  The  income  derived  from  a  tax  upon  her 
Banks,  amounting  to  some  ten  or  twelve  thousand  dollars  annually, 
is  applied  to  the  same  purpose.  Large  sums  are  expended  in  her 
numerous  Academies,  and  in  her  College.  And,  for  many  years, 
she  has  appropriated  from  four  to  six  hundred  dollars,  for  the  edu- 
cation of  her  Blind,  and  from  fifteen  to  twenty-four  hundred  dollars, 
for  the  education  of  her  Deaf  and  Dumb,  in  the  institutions  of  oth- 
er States. 

If  you  turn  to  the  census  of  1840,  you  will  see  that,  with  a  pop- 
ulation considerably  less  than  two-fifths  that  of  Massachusetts,  she 
had  nearly  two-thirds  as  many  Common  Schools,  and  more  than 
half  the  number  of  scholars ;  and  that,  in  only  one  other  of  the 
United  States,  (Connecticut,)  were  there  so  few  persons,  over  twen- 
ty years  of  age,  who  are  unable  to  read  and  write. 

I  shall  not  be  supposed  to  intend  any  invidious  distinction  by 
this  comparison,  still  less  to  assert  any  superiority  for  New  Hamp- 
shire. But  I  risk  nothing  in  saying  that  there  is  no  State  in  the 
Union,  which,  in  proportion  to  her  means,  has  done  more  for  the 
education  of  all  classes  of  her  population. 

It  is  this  diligence  in  the  education  of  her  children,  which  has 
enabled  her  to  maintain,  and  send  forth,  such  a  body  of  active,  in- 
dustrious, and  intelligent  Agriculturists,  Mechanics,  Manufacturers, 
Merchants,  and  Professional  iNIcn. 

Sir,  it  was  particularly  in  reference  to  her  Bar,  that  a  ripe  scholar 
of  Massachusetts,  some  five  or  six  years  shicc,  said  of  her,  that 
she  "  is,  what  Horace  called  ancient  Libya,  arida  nutrix  leonum.'" 
But  her  "  lions,"  do  not,  by  any  moans,  belong  solely  to  the  legal 
profession.  They  are  found  in  all  classes  of  her  citizens.  In  the 
character  of  "dry  nurse,"  thus  given  to  her,  she  is,  of  course,  not 
bound  to  provide  sustenance  for  them.  But  if  they  are  not  satis- 
fied with  the  game  furnished  by  her  primeval  forests,  and  rock- 
bound  hills,  she  may  at  least  claim  the  credit  of  having  so  trained 
them,  that  tliey  can  pursue  their  (piest  elsewhere ;  and  there  is  no 
occupation,  and  no  land,  in  which  her  sons  are  not  found,  from  the 
hunters  of  gold  among  the  mountains  of  California,  to  the  preachers 
of  the  Gospel  upon  the  iilains  of  China  and  Jlindostan.      [Cheers.] 

I  may  not  tire  you  witli  an  enumeration  of  tlie  learned  Lawyers 
and  skilful  advocates,  who  have  adorned  her  Bar.      But  I  may 


MR.   PARKER'S    SPEECH.  43 

mention,  among  many  eminent  men,  now  numbered  with  the  dead, 
her  SuUivans,  the  elder  Atherton,  Gordon,  the  elder  Clagget, 
Prentiss,  West,  John  C.  Chamberlain,  Prescott,  Mason,  Ezekiel 
Webster,  Haven,  Upham,  Vose,  and  the  elder  Wilson.  It  is  true, 
that  some  of  these  were  not  natives  of  New  Hampshire,  but  their 
fame  is  written  in  her  annals,  and  a  part,  at  least,  of  their  reputa- 
tion is  her  property. 

Were  it  not  that  the  language  of  eulogy  is  not  for  the  living,  I 
could  add  a  long  list  of  those  whose  powers  of  investigation  and 
argument,  and  eloquence,  might  Avell  cause  dismay,  in  any  but  hon- 
est opponents,  and  an  impartial  Judiciary. 

Of  her  Judiciary,  I  may  say,  that  there  have  been  times  when 
she  would  not  suffer  by  a  comparison  with  most  of  her  sister  States. 
Of  her  Judges  of  the  last  century,  it  will  be  sufficient  to  refer  to 
Meshech  Weare,  and  Samuel  Livermore,  as  among  the  most  prom- 
inent ;  and  in  the  present,  although  one  of  them  is  yet  spared  to 
her,  the  names  of  Smith,  and  Arthur  Livermore,  of  Ellis,  and 
Richardson,  may  be  referred  to,  as  well  known  to  us  all.  Of  the 
incumbents  of  her  Bench  from  1838,  or  in  fact  from  1833  to  1848, 
it  becomes  me  to  say  no  more  than  that  they  endeavored,  in  the 
language  of  their  official  oath,  "  faithfully  and  impartially,  to  dis- 
charge and  perform  all  the  duties  incumbent  upon  them,  according 
to  the  best  of  their  abilities."  But  some  of  those  who  now  hold 
seats  in  her  highest  judicial  tribunal  may  point  to  the  record  as  evi- 
dence, that  in  the  matter  of  "  eminent  domain,"  or  the  right  of 
sovereignty,  as  it  is  connected  with  "  the  right  of  v}ay^''  thc}^  hold 
independent  opinions,  and,  I  was  about  to  say,  dared  to  express 
them ;  but  there  is  no  daring  in  upholding  Constitutional  law  in  New 
Hampshire.     Judge  Lynch  has  no  jurisdiction  within  her  borders. 

The  presumption  certainly  is.  Sir,  that  as  it  has  been  in  these  par- 
ticulars, so  it  shall  be. 

Permit  me  barely  to  add,  in  conclusion,  that  should  the  time  ever 
arrive,  when  the  madness  of  faction  shall  subvert  the  glorious  Union 
of  these  States,  and  destroy  the  Constitution,  whioli  has  raised  us  to 
our  present  rank  among  the  Nations,  New  nam})siru'e,  after  having 
in  vain  attempted  to  ju-cvent  sucli  a  catastrophe,  will  stand  ready, 
once  more  to  secure  by  her  vote,  some  other  Union,  in  which  free- 
dom may  dispense  its  l)lessings.     [Cliecrs.] 


44  NEW  HAMPSHJRE  FESTIVAL. 

Nay,  more,  Sir,  should  the  matter  come  to  a  sharper  arbitrament, 
and  should  Massachusetts,  upon  the  summit  of  some  other  Bunker 
Hill,  construct  and  occupy  another  fortification ;  upon  the  slope  of 
that  hill-side.  New  Hampshire  •will  be  found,  and  although  she  may 
again  have  no  better  protection,  than  a  frail  breast-Avork  of  rails 
and  of  hay,  behind  that  feeble  barrier,  she  "vvill  stand  up  and  do 
battle  manfully,  side  by  side  with  Massachusetts,  in  the  cause  of 
constitutional  liberty.     [Increased  enthusiasm  and  applause.] 

The  President.  Among  the  guests  invited  to  be  here  on  this  oc- 
casion, was  Gen.  Lewis  Cass,  of  Michigan.  The  distance  of  his 
home,  and  other  circumstances,  prevented  his  attendance.  He  has 
written  a  letter  to  the  Committee  which  will  be  published.  lie 
regrets  that  he  cannot  be  here  to-night.  He  speaks  of  himself, 
and  he  speaks  of  a  most  worthy  and  respectable  person,  his  father, 
Gen.  Jonathan  Cass,  of  the  Revolutionary  Army,  whom  I  had  the 
honor  to  know  when  a  boy. 

Gen.  Lewis  Cass  is  a  native  of  Exeter.  He  was  at  school  under 
the  ferule  of  that  most  worthy  and  excellent  man,  now  lately  gone 
to  another  world,  Benjamin  Abbott.  With  Lewis  Cass,  I  was  a  fel- 
low student  in  that  Academy,  at  the  commencement  of  my  course 
of  education.  I  have  entertained  for  him  always  the  kindest  per- 
sonal feeling.  Differing  in  many  things,  I  have  found  him  always 
affable  and  courteous.  He  is  a  man  of  great  attainment ;  he  is 
a  reading  man,  and  an  inquiring  man,  and  in  whatever  degree 
of  latitude  he  sees  Jit  to  fix  hi^nseJf,  he  has  some  reason  to  give 
for  it.  [Overpowering  applause.]  Gentlemen,  Avith  the  cordiality 
Avhich  one  Exeter  boy  should  feel  for  another  Exeter  boy,  I  propose 
to  you,  health  and  long  life  to  Lewis  Cass.      [Cheers.] 

Fifth  regular  sentiment : — 

5.     The  Tlevolutiotuirtj  Heroes  and  the  carhj  Statesmen  of  Kcio  Hampshire  ! 

You  will  see  at  once  that  the  first  part  of  this  toast  could  be  com- 
mitted to  the  recognition  of  no  hands  so  well,  as  to  those  of  Gen. 
Henry  Alexander  Scammel  Dearborn,  here  present. 


MR.  dearborn's  speech.  45 

SPEECH  OF  GEN.  DEARBORN. 

Mr.  President  and  Fellow  Cousins  — 

I  regret  that  I  am  not  able  to  respond  to  the  sentiment  -which 
has  been  last  given  in  a  manner  commensurate  with  its  import,  for  it 
embraces  a  large  portion  of  our  National  History,  and  its  most  in- 
teresting biography. 

New  Hampshire,  as  has  been  said  by  your  President,  was  com- 
pelled by  her  position  to  be  a  Military  State,  and  in  proportion  to 
her  inhabitants,  no  one  in  this  broad  Union  has  sent  forth  more  or 
abler  men,  to  the  battle-field,  than  that  State.  When  our  forefath- 
ers went  there  for  Liberty,  for  the  enjoyment  of  the  rights  of  Free- 
men, both  civil  and  rehgious,  they  were  often  compelled  to  have  re- 
sort to  arms.  And,  from  its  first  settlement  till  the  close  of  the 
French  War,  in  1763,  her  troops  Avere  continually  in  the  field,  and, 
also,  even  down  to  the  Peace  of  1783. 

We  had  Waldron,  and  Westbrook,  and  Penhallow,  and  Lovewell, 
a  name  justly  distinguished  in  New  Hampshire,  as  both  father  and 
son  were  able  officers.  The  name  of  the  former  will  be  ever  dear  for 
the  gallant  manner  in  which  he  sold  his  life  in  fighting  for  the  de- 
fence of  the  homes  and  the  firesides  of  his  fellow  citizens,  in  the 
memorable  battle  near  the  banks  of  Saco  river  in  172.5. 

After  that  period,  came  the  old  French  War,  as  it  is  called,  in  which 
New  Hampshire  did  its  full  portion  of  fighting,  on  the  land  and  on 
the  sea.  From  among  her  sons  was  selected  the  Commander  of  the 
expedition  to  Louisburg,  in  the  Island  of  Cape-Breton,  where  he 
won  the  only  victory,  and  that  an  honorable  one,  during  the  whole 
war,  which  ended  in  the  Peace  of  Aix-la-Chapelle.  The  news  of 
this  conquest  was  received  in  England  with  as  much  rejoicing  as  in 
after  times  was  the  celebrated  victory  of  Waterloo. 

But  the  men  from  New  Hampshire,  and  the  thousands  from  >\Ias- 
sachusetts  and  Rhode  Island,  who  co-operated  with  them,  received 
no  honors  or  rewards.  The  English  Admiral  Warren,  who,  command- 
ing a  few  ships  and  firing  a  few  guns,  returned  home  and  obtained  the 
whole  honor  of  the  conquest  of  that  important  fortress  ami  was  re- 
warded as  the  hero  of  the  expedition.  But  no  matter  !  Hereafter, 
the  name  of  Pepperel  will  be  remembered,  as  that  of  an  eminent 
chieftain  of  old  New  Hampshire. 


46  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

Our  native  State  sent  also  into  the  field,  not  only  Rogers  and  his 
Rangers,  but  regiment  after  regiment,  to  reinforce  the  army  of 
Gen.  Amherst  on  Lake  Champlain,  and  one  of  them  commanded 
by  Col.  Goff,  cut  its  way  through  the  wilderness,  from  Concord  to 
Crown  Point.  Cilley,  so  distinguished  as  a  Colonel  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, was  there  as  a  Sergeant,  and  many  men,  who  afterwards  be- 
came celebrated  in  the  War  of  our  Independence.  When  that  broke 
out  upon  us.  New  Hampshire,  with  a  spirit  and  an  ardor  for  which 
she  has  ever  been  renowned,  flung  herself  at  once  into  the  conflict. 
She  organized  immediately  three  regiments,  and  put  them  under 
the  command  of  Stark,  Reed,  and  Poor.  Generals  Sullivan,  Stark, 
and  Poor,  and  Colonels  Cilley,  Scammel,  Reed,  Hale,  and  their  gal- 
lant corps,  will  be  revered  for  their  patriotic  and  heroic  services  in 
the  battles  of  Bunker  Hill,  Quebec,  Saratoga,  Long  Island,  Harlem, 
White  Plains,  Trenton,  Brandywine,  Germantown,  Monmouth,  and 
the  last,  which  was  fought  at  Yorktown,  for  the  achievement  of  Na- 
tional Independence. 

Your  President,  and  other  gentlemen  who  have  preceded  me, 
have  given  biographical  sketches  of  most  of  these  men.  It  is  there- 
fore unnecessary  for  me  to  extend  my  remarks  beyond  Avhat  I  have 
said ;  but  of  Scammel  I  am  bound  to  speak  one  word.  His  bra- 
very, integrity,  honesty,  justice,  and  gentlemanly  bearing,  not  on- 
ly among  the  officers,  but  down  to  the  ranks  of  the  common  sol- 
diers, all  appreciated,  who  had  the  honor  of  knowing  him,  and  how- 
ever turbulent  might  be  the  soldiers,  during  those  disastrous  cam- 
paigns, when,  without  pay,  they  were  suffering  from  hunger  and 
deficiency  of  clothing,  in  the  inclement  months  of  winter,  they  pa- 
tiently yielded  to  their  deplorable  condition,  in  the  full  confidence, 
that  all  which  could  be,  was  done,  wlienevcr  they  heard  these  words 
pronounced  at  the  end  of  a  General  Order,  "  By  his  Excellency's 
command,  Alexander  Scammel,  Adjutant  General."  Such  confi- 
dence had  they  in  hU  rectitude  of  conduct,  and  his  respect  for 
their  rights  and  interests. 

New  Hampsliire  not  only  furnislicd  her  full  proportion  of  oflficers 
of  the  higher  grades,  but  innumerable  subalterns  ;  to  speak  of  whose 
character  would  occu})y  a  night,  instead  of  the  few  minutes  to  which 
I  am  limited.  It  is  sufficient  that  you  all  know  them.  You  have  been 
familiar  with  their  names  and  characters  from  your  school-boy  days. 


MR.  dearborn's  speech.  47 

Your  President  has  informed  you  of  the  number  of  troops  ftxr- 
nished  by  New  England.  Let  me  tell  you  what  New  Hampshire 
did.  She  sent  to  the  field  more  troops  than  New  Jei-sey,  and  as 
many  as  Maryland,  which  had  a  third  larger  population  ;  [applause,] 
as  many  as  the  whole  of  North  and  South  Carolina,  which  had 
twice  the  population  ;  and  half  as  many  as  Pennsylvania  and  Vir- 
ginia, with  three  times  the  population.  Besides,  as  difficult  as  it 
was  to  raise  funds,  particularly  in  1779,  '80,  and  '81,  when  the  issue 
of  paper  money  had  amounted  to  three  hundred  and  fifty  millions, 
and  had  so  fallen  in  value,  that  it  was  passing  two  hundred  for 
one,  five  hundred  for  one,  a  thousand  for  one,  and  at  last,  in  the 
Autumn  of  1781,  was  prostrated  in  the  dust,  the  Northern  States, 
in  the  early  portion  of  the  last  mentioned  year,  raised  and  sent  to 
the  Continental  Treasury,  $450,000  in  specie ;  and  New  Hampshire, 
when,  from  one  to  three  hundred  dollars  in  paper  money  was  given 
for  one  of  silver,  sent  twenty-four  dollars  in  specie  to  each  of  her 
soldiers,  not  as  pay,  or  for  clothing,  or  provisions  due  to  them,  but 
as  a  gratuity. 

The  civil  portion  of  your  history  has  been  alluded  to.  That  I 
leave  to  other  hands.  But  I  must  speak  of  one  of  the  civil  char- 
acters of  New  Hampshire,  a  man,  who  for  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
has  stood  in  the  two  Houses  of  Congress,  as  the  champion  of  the 
Constitution.  [Prolonged  cheering.]  He  lias  lived  through  a 
period  of  our  history,  Avhen  some  of  the  great  principles  of  the 
Constitution  were,  for  the  first  time,  acted  upon,  when  some  of  the 
highest  powers,  both  of  the  Legislature  and  of  the  Executive,  were 
first  called  into  requisition,  on  extraordinary  and  very  momentous 
occasions,  on  attempts  made  to  exercise  powers,  not  warranted  by  the 
great  charter  of  our  Liberties  ;  and  as  Representative  and  Senator, 
he  was  ever  found,  eloquently  contending  for  the  fundamental  jjrinci-, 
pies  of  the  Constitution  and  the  preservation  of  the  Union.  At  all 
times  he  evinced  the  fearless  and  independent  spirit  of  an  American 
citizen,  and  never  failed  to  maintahi  an  exalted  position,  from  the  able 
manner  in  Avhich  he  discharged  the  high  and  responsible  duties  of 
his  station.  His  speeches  will  be  quoted  through  all  time,  in  the 
highest  tribunals  of  justice  throughout  the  land,  with  tlie  letters  of 
Hamilton,  Madison,  and  Jay,  and  the  counuenturics  of  Kent  and 


48  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

Story,  whenever  any  constitutional  question  shall  be  submitted  for 
consideration. 

On  all  occasions,  when  he  put  forth  the  full  energies  of  his 
mind,  he  appeared  in  the  Senate  chamber,  hke  the  lion-hearted 
Richard  in  the  tournament  of  Ashby  de  la  Zouch,  ready  to  meet 
all  combatants,  and  woe  betide  those  who  received  the  ponderous 
and  crushing  blows  of  his  mighty  intellectual  mace. 

The  President.  Among  those  invited  on  this  occasion  was  your 
fcUow-citizcn,  Hon.  Samuel  Appleton.  I  am  sure  there  is  not  a 
man  here,  who  does  not  hear  his  name  announced  with  pleasure,  and 
who  docs  not  regret  his  absence.  I  am  sure  there  is  not  a  man  here 
who  does  not  accord  to  him  high  and  cordial  respect  for  the  up- 
rightness of  his  life,  for  the  usefulness  of  his  activity  and  influence  ; 
in  all  efforts  of  pubhc  and  private  nature  to  promote  the  happi- 
ness of  his  fellow-men,  and  for  that  considerate  and  munificent  char- 
ity, which  instructs  him  how  to  dispose  of  honestly  earned  and  large- 
ly accumulated  wealth  for  the  benefit  of  mankind.     [Cheers.] 

Mr.  Appleton  is  the  elder  brother  of  a  family  well  known  to  you. 
He  is  a  native  of  my  own  County,  having  been  born  in  the  town  of 
New  Ipswich.  He  began  life  by  himself,  and  by  himself  he  has  ac- 
complished the  possession  of  all  the  comforts  of  life,  wealth,  and 
means,  and  usefulness  in  society.  He  is  aged,  and  confined  by 
lameness  ;  but  with  memory  and  faculties  unimpaired,  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  general  regard,  and  all  the  pleasures  of  private  afiection, 
life  is  still  happy  to  him.  He  has  written  you  an  affectionate  let- 
ter. He  says  it  would  be  pleasant  for  him  to  join  with  us  and  meet 
with  us  all,  and  adds,  "  I  regret  that  by  the  pressure  of  age,  and 
by  the  infirmity  of  my  limbs,  I  shall  be  prevented  from  being 
present. 

I  remain,  &c. 

SAMUEL  APPLETON, 

Aged  bo  years,  4mos.  15  days." 

He  sends  us  the  following  sentiment:  — 

"  The  ]\hm()r)i  of  iJie  IHuslriotis  Din/I  of  Kan  TfinnpfJiire.-^ And  may  the 
I/iving  of  that  Stato,  at  Iioinc  or  abi'oail,  so  imitate  the  \irtiies  of  the  Gi'cat  and 
(iofjd,  wlio  have  ironc  before  them,  that  -wlieii  they  are  called  to  make  their  linal 
exit,  they  may  die  the  death  of  the  llighteous." 


MR.   Hubbard's  speech.  49 

The  toast  which  I  last  read,  alluded  to  the  early  Statesmen  of 
New  Hampshire.  Gen.  Dearborn  has  responded  to  the  part  refer- 
ring to  our  Revolutionary  Heroes.  I  now  have  the  pleasure  of 
calling  upon  another  gentleman,  Gov.  Hubbard,  to  reply  to  the 
other  portion  of  that  sentiment. 


SPEECH    OF  HON.    HENRY  HUBBARD. 

EX-GOVEUNOR  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

There  can  be  but  few  men  in  this  assembly,  native  sons  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  now  citizens  of  that  Commonwealth,  who  are  my 
seniors  in  age.  I  am  fast  approaching  that  period  fixed  as  the 
limit  to  human  existence,  and  I  cannot  fail  to  be  reminded  that  the 
place  I  here  occupy  would  better  have  been  filled  by  another.  But, 
Sir,  I  have  come  up  hither  to  meet  my  brethren,  the  native  sons  of 
my  own  beloved  State,  now  the  adopted  citizens  of  the  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts.  I  could  not  have  denied  myself  the 
unmixed  pleasure  of  joining  in  this  Festival.  And  no  man  present 
can  have  more  sincere  gratification  than  myself,  on  witnessing  so 
many  individuals  here  assembled,  Avhose  faces  have  been  long 
familiar  to  me  ;  so  many  of  the  native  sons  of  our  father-land.  It 
is  my  pride,  my  boast,  that  I  am  one  of  the  native  sons  of  that  old 
State  ;  that  I  was  born  within  her  borders  ;  yes.  Sir,  in  the  very 
town  and  habitation  in  which  I  now  abide,  and  in  which  I  expect  to 
number  my  days  on  earth.  Sir,  we  were  both  educated  together 
under  tlie  venerable  Whcclock,  long  since  gathered  to  his  fathers. 
You  have  passed  beyond  the  l)order3  for  a  larger  and  a  more  exten- 
sive field  for  action.  I  have  remained  at  the  old  homestead,  con- 
tented and  happy.  You  have  gained  a  most  preeminent  distinction 
in  the  councils  of  our  common  country.  I  have  been  content  to 
remain  at  home,  enjoying  the  gratification  that  a  native  son  of  New 
Hampshire,  an  old  fellow  student,  was  held  in  such  high  estimation 
by  the  freemen  of  our  laud.  It  has  been  my  privilege  to  have 
served  my  native  town  and  State,  in  different  official  relations,  for 
nearly  a  third  part  of  my  whole  life.  I  have  often  derived  the  sin- 
cerest  pleasure,  in  the  course  of  my  official  life,  in  meeting  in  the 
7 


50  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

councils  of  our  nation,  native  sons  of  New  Hampshire,  representa- 
tives of  other  States  in  this  confederacy.  And  with  no  little  pride 
have  I  alluded  to  the  fact,  that  on  more  than  one  occasion,  one 
tenth  part  of  the  members  of  the  United  States  Senate  received  their 
birth  and  education  in  New  Hampshire.  Not  one  other  member  of 
the  "  old  thirteen "  can  boast  of  such  a  distinction.  ["  Hear," 
"hear."] 

New  Hampshire  is  most  truly  a  Granite  State  ;  but  her  popula- 
tion, by  education  and  discipline,  have  been  fitted  for  the  hardiest 
enterprises.  Her  motto  has  ever  been,  and  still  is,  that  labor  and 
perseverance  will  overcome  every  obstacle  and  command  success. 
To  the  judicious  application  of  labor,  the  capital  of  our  hardy  yeo- 
manry, is  to  be  attributed  the  products  of  their  soil  and  of  their 
workshops. 

New  Hampshire  has  been,  still  is,  and,  I  trust,  ever  will  be,  a 
good  State  to  draw  on  for  intelligence,  skill,  enterprise,  and  for 
every  moral  virtue.  [Applause.]  Should  I  be  called  upon  to 
make  good  this  declaration,  I  would  appeal  to  those,  composing  this 
assembly,  who  have  left  their  ancient  home.  I  would  appeal  to 
those  around  me,  and  most  triumphantly  would  I  obtain  conviction 
to  the  truth  of  my  remark. 

Among  the  native  sons  of  New  Hampshire  here  assembled,  you 
will  not  only  find  the  distinguished  Statesman,  but  honored  mem- 
bers of  every  profession.  You  will  find  men  distinguished  for  their 
learning  ;  the  intelligent  merchant,  mechanic,  and  tradesman  ;  men 
employed  in  every  enterprise,  and  adding,  by  their  character,  skill, 
and  industry,  to  the  wealth  and  worth  of  this  City.  May  it  not, 
then,  be  said,  that  New  Hampshire  has  been  a  good  State  to  draAv 
on,  to  increase  the  population,  the  learning,  the  industry,  the  enter- 
prise, tlie  virtue,  and  the  valor  of  other  States  ? 

If  other  proof  were  wanting,  to  the  truth  of  my  remark,  I  might 
well  refer  to  the  distinguished  Statesmen  and  Scholars  of  other 
])ortions  of  our  Jlepublic,  beyond  the  limits  of  New  England ;  men 
there,  adorning  the  learned  professions  ;  men  there,  engaged  in  the 
various  occupations  and  business  of  life  ;  men,  who  peopled  the 
prairies  of  the  West,  and  who  have,  by  their  skill,  covered  their 
waters  with  floating  palaces  ;  who  have  been  educated,  well  directed, 
receiving  their  first  impressions  and  impulses  in  the  old  Granite 


MR.  Hubbard's  speech.  51 

State.  New  Hampshire,  then,  has  been,  and  still  is,  a  good  and 
reliable  State  to  draw  on  for  the  purpose  of  adding  to  the  stock 
of  intelligence  and  morals  of  other  States.     [Great  applause  ] 

A  distinguished  Jurist,  once  residing  within  our  borders,  remarked 
that  "  New  Hampshire  was  a  good  State  to  emigrate  from."  This 
remark  could  not  have  been  made  by  my  old  master  but  to  repre- 
sent the  excess  and  abundance  of  talent  and  of  worth  abiding  within 
its  limits,  which  might  be  more  usefully  and  profitably  employed 
elsewhere.  For  that  high  purpose.  New  Hampshire  has,  in  the 
spirit  of  pure  benevolence,  given  up  some  of  her  brightest  and 
choicest  jewels.  [Loud  cheers.]  She  has  thus  permitted  the 
distinguished  individual,  who  now  presides  over  this  assembly, 
to  pass  beyond  her  limits  ;  and  she  has,  in  like  manner,  given  up, 
for  the  use  of  our  beloved  country,  another  distinguished  individual, 
who,  could  I  have  had  my  will,  would  now  be  presiding  over  this 
nation. 

In  reference  to  the  civil  history  of  New  Hampshire,  and  to  those 
who  early  put  forth  their  eflforts  to  sustain  the  principles  embodied 
in  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  to  aid  in  the  formation  of 
a  free  government,  I  can  add  nothing  to  what  has  already  been 
said.  The  ground  has  been  pre-occupied  ;  the  men  of  those  times 
have  been  spoken  of  as  they  deserved  to  be  spoken  of.  We  never 
can  forget  the  exertions  and  labors  of  Bartlett,  Thornton,  Livermore, 
West,  Sullivan,  Langdon,  and  Wcare,  in  giving  Independence  to 
our  country,  and  to  New  Hampshire  a  government  for  the  just  pro- 
tection and  security  of  the  rights  of  freemen.  The  framcrs  of  our 
Constitution  were,  themselves,  deeply  impressed  Avith  the  importance 
of  guarding  with  vigilance  the  liberty  of  the  people  ;  the  Revolution 
had  closed  ;  the  Independence  of  the  States  had  been  acknowledged. 
New  Hampshire  had  contributed  much,  in  men  and  money,  to  bring 
that  mighty  contest  to  a  successful  termination. 

In  no  part  of  this  extended  Rej)ublic,  are  the  vital  principles  of 
equality  and  liberty  more  sacredly  cherished  and  preserved,  than  in 
my  own  native  State.  From  the  first  settlement  at  Portsmouth,  to 
the  institution  of  civil  Government  in  1G38,  the  cause  of  individual 
rights  and  popular  freedom  was  maintained  with  great  and  unyield- 
ing pertinacity.  It  was  alike  preserved  for  the  period  of  neai-ly 
forty  years,  from  1041,  during  which  time  Murfsachusutts  extended 


52  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

her  jurisdiction  over  my  own  native  land.  The  right  to  elect,  and 
to  be  elected,  to  civil  office,  during  that  period,  was  not  in  New 
Hampshire  confined  to  members  of  a  visible  church,  but  was  aright 
equally  enjoyed  by  all  of  her  freemen  and  good  citizens. 

The  same  love  of  liberty  was  exemplified,  by  the  owners  of  the 
soil,  from  the  days  of  John  Cutts  to  those  of  Meshech  Weare  ; 
through  all  the  eventful  periods  of  their  history,  in  the  formation  of 
the  new  Convention,  in  January  7,  1776,  in  defiance  of  royal 
power,  as  well  as  in  the  admirable  Declaration  of  Independence,  in 
June  of  the  same  year.  The  pioneers  of  that  mighty  revolution, 
also,  which  resulted  in  the  establishment  of  the  rights  of  freemen, 
were  the  open  and  fearless  advocates  of  popular  liberty. 

The  brave  men  who  went  forth  to  battle,  our  Sullivan,  Stark,  and 
Scammel,  and  all  of  our  llevolutionary  Avorthies,  Averc  the  unflinch- 
ing and  unceasing  supporters  of  human  rights,  of  human  liberty  and 
equality. 

John  Sullivan  Avas  the  first  Governor  of  Ncav  Hampshire, 
and,  after  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution,  was  succeeded  by 
Gov.  Langdon.  These  tAvo  men  have  already  been  referred  to, 
and  it  is  unnecessary  for  me  to  take  up  your  time  in  speaking 
of  them. 

But,  Sir,  I  cannot  permit  this  occasion  to  pass,  Avithout  paying 
a  tribute  of  respect  to  a  citizen  of  my  own  native  town,  who  con- 
tributed as  much  as  any  other  individual  to  the  formation  of  the 
Constitution  of  Ncav  Hampshire.  I  allude  to  the  late  Benjamin 
West.  Of  the  distinguished  men  Avho  followed  Mr.  West,  it 
is  unnecessary  for  me  to  give  you  any  detailed  account.  Suffice 
it  to  say,  that  there  has  been  one  great  principle  which  has  ac- 
companied the  actions  of  our  best  men  ;  that  is,  to  maintain, 
unimpaired,  the  sacred  rights  of  man.  [Loud  and  prolonged 
applause.] 

3Ir.  PresldeM  —  I  will  no  longer  trespass  on  the  time  of  this, 
assembly,  but  Avill  close  by  offering  the  following  sentiment :  — 

Civil  and  Religious  Lihcrhj ; —  I'i;:lit.s  jniarantiud  to  every  son  of  New  Ilamp- 
pliirc  ;  lx)ldly  declared  at  Bunker  Ilill  bv  lier  Stiirk,  sacredly  confirmed  at 
Yorktown  by  her  Scammel. 

[Cheers.] 


MR.  GOODRICH'S    SPEECH.  53 

The  President.  I  hold  a  letter  from  Gov.  Dinsmorc,  the 
present  Chief  Magistrate  of  New  Hampshire.  Official  duties  con- 
fine him  at  home.  He  is  conscious  of  no  cause  more  calculated  to 
gratify  the  just  pride  of  a  native  of  Ne^Y  Hampshire,  than  this 
Festival.     I  propose, 

The  liealth  of  Goveekok  Dinsmoke,  of  Neio  Hampshire. 

[Applause.] 
The  sixth  regular  toast  was  then  announced  as  follows  :  — 

Ddrtmouth  College — Originally  licr  voice  was  like  that  of  one  crying  in  tlie 
wilderness,  but  she  has  seen  that  wilderness  bud  and  blossom  like  the  rose  ;  and 
she  herself  has  produced  some  flowers  for  the  ornament,  and  some  ripe  fruits, 
for  the  benefit  of  the  country. 


[SPEECH   OF  CHARLES  B.  GOODRICH,  Esq. 

Mr.  President  — 

We  occupy  to-day  a  common  position.  We  come  here  not  for 
any  purpose  local  in  its  character,  but  for  an  interchange  of  social 
sentiment ;  to  review,  by  the  aid  of  recollection,  the  incidents  of 
early  life  and  of  home ;  to  contrast  the  realities  of  mature  age 
with  our  early  anticipations. 

To-morrow,  we  shall  again  mingle  with  the  croAvd,  and  our  tem- 
porary distinctive  character  will  cease.  As  it  is  with  us,  so  is  it 
with  the  States  which  constitute  our  Union.  At  home,  they  are 
many,  each  in  its  industry,  in  its  intellect,  in  its  good  works,  emu- 
lous of  every  other.  Abroad,  to  those  who  look  upon  us  from  the 
distance,  the  United  States  have  no  dividing  line,  they  are  one. 
[Cheers.]  On  an  occasion  like  this,  we  may  well  pause  for  a  mo- 
ment, and  enquire,  whether  we  have  done,  for  our  country  and  its 
institutions,  all  which  our  country  and  its  institutions  had  a  right  to 
ask  of  us.  Our  country  presents  a  novel  and  interesting  position. 
It  has  proclaimed,  in  terms  not  to  bo  mistaken,  not  to  be  misunder- 
stood, that  political  and  civil  liberty  is  the  right  of  man.  Tliis  lib- 
erty is  regulated  and  guarded  by  law  ;  regulated  by  law  wliicli  has 
been  enacted  by  ourselves.     Higher  than  this,  the  law  is  regulated 


54  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

in  its  inception,  and  in  its  change,  by  public  opinion.  Intelligent 
public  opinion,  is  adequate  to  sustain  and  uphold  any  government, 
however  feeble  its  constructure  may  be.  Chastened  and  intelligent 
public  opinion  can  resist  and  control  the  encroachment  of  any  gov- 
ernment, however  poAverful  it  may  be.  It  is  our  duty  to  enlarge, 
elevate,  and  expand,  this  public  opinion,  to  enable  our  Literary  In- 
stitutions, to  aid,  as  they  have  done,  in  the  work. 

The  College,  to  which  reference  has  been  made,  I  may  well  say, 
has  done  much  to  accomplish  this  purpose.  It  was  said  by  a  dis- 
tinguished English  jurist,  in  a  discourse  addressed  to  sons  of  the 
nobility,  that  they  were  soon  to  become  the  Legislators  of  their 
country,  that  they  Avere  bound  to  know  something  of  its  institutions 
and  of  its  laws,  to  qualify  themselves  for  the  trust  so  soon  to  be 
confided  to  them.  Here,  Sir,  we  are  all  sons  of  the  nobility. 
[Applause.]  It  is  important,  therefore,  that  we  should  know  some- 
thing of  the  institutions  under  which  we  live,  and  of  the  principles, 
by  which  they  have  been,  and  are  to  be  sustained ;  of  the  principles 
by  which  our  relation  with  other  Nations  are  to  be  guided  and  con- 
trolled. 

Do  you  ask  me,  Sir,  why  these  principles  are  stated  here,  on  this 
occasion.  I  answer,  I  would  that  this  Association  shall,  to-day,  do 
something,  which  may  make  an  impress  upon  those  who  shall  come 
after  us,  something  which  shall  be  permanent.  I  would  that  this 
Association  do  something,  which  will,  through  all  future  time,  give 
to  it  a  character,  a  dignity,  and  an  import,  which  the  temporary  gath- 
ering of  an  hour  cannot  do.  It  is.  Sir,  for  the  purpose  of  suggest- 
ing a  project  for  consideration,  which  I  think  may  accomplish  this, 
that  I  have  su1)mitted  the  remarks  already  made.  Since  the  adop- 
tion of  the  Federal  Constitution,  our  country  has  made  some  ad- 
vance in  every  department  of  learning.  It  has  advanced  more, 
perhaps,  than  any  country  in  the  world,  certainly  as  effectually  as 
any,  in  the  knowledge  of  that  jurisprudence  which  regulates  the 
intercourse  of  Nations  with  each  other. 

Since  the  adoittion  of  that  Constitution,  (juestions  have  arisen  and 
have  been  discussed  in  this  department  of  knowledge,  which  before 
had  not  arisen,  which  before  had  not  been  discussed  in  the  manner  in 
which  they  since  have  been ;  the  impressment  of  seamen,  the  right 
of  search  in  time  of  peace,  and,  more  recently,  the  extradition  of 


MR.  Goodrich's  speech.  56 

those,  who,  escaping  from  political  wrong  at  home,  have  here  sought 
an  Asylum,  and  here  have  found  one.  This  subject,  even  now,  is 
attracting  the  attention  of  the  country.  Even  now,  we  see  that 
the  Sultan  of  Turkey  has  made  an  advance  in  this  department  of 
knowledge,  which  would  do  credit  to  an  American  citizen.  [Loud 
cheers.]  The  Institution,  to  whose  name  I  have  been  called  to 
answer,  has  presented  one,  has  sent  forth  from  its  classic  walls  one, 
at  least,  who  has  given  to  this  department  of  learning,  the  aid  of  a 
mighty  intellect,  [applause;]  has  given  to  its  principles  a  form,  a 
proportion,  which  no  rude  hand  can  mar,  [sensation  ;]  has  given  to 
its  structure  a  rank  and  elevation,  the  foundation  of  which  cannot 
be  shaken.  [Immense  enthusiasm.]  I  would  repay  the  Institu- 
tion, which  has  been  named,  for  what  it  has  done.  I  would  enable 
it  to  do  more.  I  would,  Sir,  that  this  Association  shall,  this  day, 
commence  a  foundation  by  voluntary  contribution  ;  each  member 
giving  any  sum,  from  the  lowest  known  to  our  currency  upward, 
according  to  inclination  and  ability,  upon  which  to  establish  at 
Dartmouth  College  a  Professorship,  to  be  designated,  "  The  New 
Hampshire  Professorship  of  the  Law  of  Nations." 

I  would  that  every  member  of  this  Association,  enroll  his  name  in 
favor  of  the  project,  and  contribute  thereto  some  sum,  however 
small.  I  will  guarantee,  that  the  spirit  which  animates  the  breasts 
of  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire,  the  sons  of  Dartmouth,  in  favor 
of  the  only  institution  of  the  highest  grade,  within  the  State,  will, 
within  ten  years,  complete  the  work  which  you  may  commence ; 
shall  perfect  there  a  fountain,  from  which  shall  ever  flow  streams 
of  knowledge.  It  is  a  learning  essential  to  the  American  people. 
Although  it  is  the  highest  department  of  knowledge,  it  is  one  in 
which  the  most  humble  citizen  of  this  country  may  learn  something 
which  shall  promote  his  individual  interest,  elevate  his  character ; 
which  shall  render  him  more  efficient  in  the  service  of  his  country. 
It  is.  Sir,  a  department  of  learning  in  which  the  proudest  intellect 
may  ever  find  room  for  its  exercise.  [Repeated  cheers.]  Sliall 
we  not,  then,  do  something,  as  a  compliment  to  the  only  institution 
in  the  State,  which  is  of  a  high  grade  ?  And  more,  Sir,  shall  we 
not,  on  this  occasion,  do  something  which  shall  be  a  compliment  to 
ourselves,  something  which  we,  and  our  children  coming  after  us, 
may  look  upon  as  the  proudest  act  of  our  lives  ?     I  will  now  read 


66  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

two  resolutions,  ■which  I  have  prepared  for  the  purpose  of  carrying 
into  effect  the  proposition  which  I  have  suggested : — 

Resolved,  That  this  Association  give  such  sum,  as  its  members 
may  voluntarily  contribute,  to  the  Trustees  of  Dartmouth  College, 
in  trust,  as  the  commencement  of  a  fund  with  which  to  establish  a 
Professorship,  to  be  designated,  "  The  New  Hampshire  Professor- 
ship of  the  Law  of  Nations." 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  five,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Pres- 
ident, be  authorized  to  receive  and  remit  such  contributions  as  may 
be  made  for  the  purpose  expressed  in  the  first  resolution,  accom- 
panied by  an  abstract  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Association. 

I  submit  these  resolutions  for  the  consideration  of  the  Association. 
One  purpose  which  I  have  in  view,  is,  that  annually  or  biennial, 
in  addition  to  such  regular  instruction  as  may  be  given  to  the 
senior  class,  a  regular  course  of  Lectures  shall  be  delivered,  free 
to  all,  which  shall  build  up,  for  this  Institution,  a  reputation  higher 
than  it  has  attained,  which  shall  redound  to  the  honor  and  benefit  of 
our  native  State.  I  am  aware  that  it  may  be  difficult  for  the  In- 
stitution to  send  forth  any,  who  shall  surpass,  or  shall  equal,  one 
whom  it  has  already  sent  forth ;  but  a  fair  pathway  can  be  fur- 
nished, by  which  all  can  attempt  to  equal  the  high  standard  before 
them,  and  may  reach  so  near  as  they  may.  I  will  only  add,  that 
this  proposition  has  been  submitted  without  consultation  with  any 
one.  If  the  project  fails,  mine  be  the  reproach.  If  it  succeed,  to 
you,  Mr.  President,  and  to  you.  Gentlemen,  avIio  surround  mc  on 
either  side,  be  the  credit.     [Great  applause.] 

Thk  Puksidknt.  I  do  not  foci  at  liberty  to  proceed  to  the  an- 
nouncement of  the  next  regular  sentiment  Avithout  an  expression  of 
my  hearty  concurrence  in  the  proposition,  whicli  has  been  made  by 
the  honorable  gentleman  who  has  now  resumed  his  scat.  A  Pro- 
fiHHorisJdp  of  the  L<iiv  of  Nat'iona,  at  the  College  of  New  Hamp- 
sliire,  is  an  idea  which  strikes  me  Avith  grandeur. 

Gentlemen,  every  year  of  our  lives,  the  events  of  all  the  world 
occurring  every  day,  show  us  the  importance  of  that  great  code ; 


MR.  Webster's  remarks.  57 

a  code  which  power  cannot  trample  upon  with  impunity,  a  code 
which  upholds  the  weak  against  the  strong,  a  code  which  minor  na- 
tions may  appeal  to  against  more  powerful  nations ;  in  short,  it  is 
that  universal  Law,  that,  next  to  the  Laws  of  the  Universe,  holds  the 
world  in  its  power.  Gentlemen,  I  concur  most  heartily  in  this 
proposition.  If  I  were  rich,  I  would  endow  such  a  Professorship. 
["  Hear,  hear."]  If  I  were  young,  I  would  proffer  myself  as 
a  candidate  to  lecture  in  it.  [Enthusiastic  shouts  of  applause.] 
But  I  am  neither  the  one  nor  the  other,  yet  I  hope  that  I  shall  be 
the  first  man  who,  with  the  smallest  sum,  shall  sign  that  paper. 
[Cheers.] 

Gentlemen,  our  distinguished  guest,  Mr.  Justice  Woodbury,  is 
obliged  to  retire,  but  not  before  oflfering  the  following  sentiment. 

The  Daughters,  as  well  as  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  who  live  away  from 
their  native  land ! 

[Applause.] 

I  proceed  to  allude  to  the  letters  which  have  been  received. 
Here  is  one  from  a  very  venerable  character,  Hon.  Arthur  Liver- 
more,  all  his  life  in  the  public  service,  in  the  Legislature  of  the 
State,  in  the  House  of  Representatives  in  Congress,  or  on  the 
Bench  of  Justice  ;  now  advanced  to  a  very  great  age,  expressing 
his  sorrow  that  on  that  account  he  cannot  be  here.  I  have,  pri- 
vately and  personally,  the  highest  regard  for  this  gentleman. 

Allow  me  to  say,  that  early  in  my  career  of  life,  some  cause  was 
on  trial  before  him,  in  which,  Avith  so  much  ability  he  distinguished 
the  true  from  the  false,  the  real  from  tlie  plausible,  the  just  from 
the  unjust ;  with  so  much  steadiness,  upholding  right  against  every 
invasion  of  it,  that  an  ingenuous  young  man  Avho  sat  near  me,  no 
more  concerned  in  the  case  than  I  Avas,  but  influenced  by  high, 
moral  sentiment  and  feeling,  spoke  out  most  audibly  to  all,  "  AVliat 
a  glorious  spectacle  on  earth  is  a  just  Judge."     [Cheering.] 

I  have  a  letter  from  Mr.  Edmlnd  Burke,  formerly  member  of 
Congress  from  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  and  recently  Commis- 
sioner of  Patents.     He  offers  the  following  sentiment :  — • 

New  IhimpsJiirr,  the  Cornelia  of  Slates. — She  can  point  to  many  of  the  proud- 
est names  of  the  llopublio,  and  exclaim,  "  tiiesk  akk  mv  jewels." 
8 


58  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

The  next  toast  is  as  follows ;  — 

7.  New  England ! — Her  plantations,  of  which  we  chiefly  boast,  are  the 
Colleges,  Churches,  and  Free  Schools,  established  by  our  fathers,  nurtured  by 
their  descendants,  and  which,  under  the  blessing  of  Providence,  have  made  her 
and  her  population  what  they  are. 

I  look  round  to  find  him  who  shall  expound  and  explain  this  ; 
and  I  call  upon  the  Senator  from  New  Hampshire. 

SPEECH  OF  THE  HON.  JOHN  P.  HALE. 

Mr.  President  — 

It  is  related,  Sir,  by  that  truthful  traveller,  whose  travels  we  have 
all  perused  in  our  infancy  with  so  much  pleasure  and  so  much  as- 
tonishment, (whose  surname  only  I  can  recollect,)  Gulliver ;  I  say, 
it  is  related  in  his  truthful  travels,  that  he  once  found  people  so  in- 
tellectually absorbed,  so  elevated  above  the  common  concerns  of  life, 
that  every  one  had  to  have  a  flapper  employed,  whose  business  it  Avas 
to  flap  him  at  proper  periods.  Sir,  if  a  public  speaker  should  over- 
step the  time  which  the  patience  of  the  audience  had  allotted  to 
him,  the  flapper  came  to  tell  him  of  it  in  a  way  not  to  be  mis- 
taken.    [Laughter  and  applause.] 

I  would  not  intimate  that  if  Ave  all  of  us  have  flappers  here,  they 
Avould  have  occasion  to  exercise  their  functions.  But  I  Avould 
announce  to  you  that,  of  all  this  assembly,  I  am  the  only  individual 
that  has,  on  this  occasion,  a  flapper  to  keep  him  from  making  too 
long  a  speech.     ["  Hear,  hear."] 

The  circumstances  happened  in  this  Avise.  When  I  went  into 
your  Senate  Chamber  this  afternoon,  I  met  a  venerable  friend, 
who  notified  me  that  I  Avas  to  be  called  on  to  make  a  speech.  I  told 
him  that  I  had  not  been  invited  to  speak  and  should  of  course  say 
nothing.  He  replied,  "  Ave  talked  it  all  over  beforehand.  We 
thought  if  Ave  sent  Avord  in  our  invitations  that  Ave  expected  a 
speech  from  each  one,  that  alone  Avould  prevent  some  from  coming, 
and  that  if  you  did  decide  fo  attend,  you  would  go  to  Avork  elabor- 
ating a  long,  Avindy,  uninteresting  thing.  If,  on  the  other  hand,  Ave 
gave  little  or  no  notice,  you  could  not  have  time  to  concoct  much  of  a 


MR.  bale's  speech.  69 

speech ;  you  would  have  to  be  short."  [Much  merriment.]  I 
thanked  the  gentleman,  because  it  is  good  for  us  to  obtain  the  ad- 
vantage of  having  flappei*s,  and  not  let  the  a\idience  see  when  we 
are  flapped.  [Increased  laughter.]  I  intend  to  obey  that  injunc- 
tion strictly.  I  intend  to  make  but  a  short  speech.  And  I  could 
not  make  any  other,  because,  whatever  we  have  been  Ustening  to, 
we  have  had  a  good  dinner  come  before  it,  [applause  ;]  and  a  good 
dinner  is  one  of  the  worst  preparations  of  a  good  speech.  [Re- 
newed applause.] 

I  may  say,  however,  that  when  I  stand  in  a  locality,  every 
stream,  and  every  valley,  and  every  hill,  of  which  is  an  eternal  mon- 
ument of  the  past,  and  when  I  see  around  me  a  thousand  faces, 
every  one  a  living  representative  of  the  virtue  and  intelligence  of 
the  present,  it  is  with  no  affected  diffidence  that  I  regret  that  it  has 
not  fallen  to  abler  hands  to  speak  a  word  for  New  England,  the 
nursing  mother  of  us  all.  And,  Sir,  while  I  recollect  that  we 
are  all  members  of  New  England,  and,  in  that  sense,  fellow-sons  ; 
and,  in  a  broader  sense,  citizens  of  the  United  States,  I  may 
feel  at  home  among  you.  But  comfortable  as  are  these  reflections, 
I  cannot  forget  if  I  would,  and  would  not  if  I  could,  that  I  stand 
amidst  a  New  Hampshire  audience.  And  we,  that  are  here  com- 
paratively strangers,  like  the  younger  sons  of  a  family,  we  come  like 
those  whose  vis  inertice  has  kept  us  about  the  homestead,  taking  care 
of  the  old  folks.  We  come  up  here  to  see  you  in  your  pride  and 
your  power,  to  rejoice,  as  younger  children  should  rejoice,  in  the 
success  and  the  fame  that  has  been  achieved  by  the  enterprising 
and  adventurous  in  wider  fields  of  labor  than  we  have  enjoyed. 
[Prolonged  cheering.] 

We  come  then,  friends  and  fellow  citizens,  to  thank  you,  while  we 
remember  that  in  the  Senate,  in  the  field  of  battle,  and  in  the 
pulpit,  tlic  memory  and  the  fame  of  New  Hampshire  have  been 
preserved  and  kept  bright,  and  her  renown  cherislicd  by  tliosc  of 
you  that  have  gone  out  from  us  ;  while  we  remember  that  the  niciu- 
ory  of  her  wit  has  been  kept  Greene  by  the  living  press  in  the  city, 
[cheers  ;]  while  we  remember  this,  and  express  our  gratitude  for  it, 
let  me  say,  that  the  interest  which  you  have  felt  to  build  up  a  com- 
mon fame  in  a  common  country,  is  fully  appreciated  l)y  her  sons 


60  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

who  have  remained.  I  claim  that  we  may  exult  in  the  common 
achievements,  and  rejoice  in  what  has  been  wrought  by  the  common 
sense  of  New  Hampshire.  We  feel  that  your  enterprise  has  erected 
monuments  as  well  to  our  fame  as  your  own.  "VVe  feel  that  the 
success  which  you  have  achieved,  is  a  part  of  the  common  inherit- 
ance which  belongs  to  us,  and  that  we  have  a  right,  as  common 
inheritors  with  you,  to  rejoice  in  the  whole.  And,  Sir,  it  may  be 
excusable  if  we  indulge  in  a  little  family  pride. 

Permit  me,  Sir,  to  speak  of  one  single  incident  that  has  occurred 
in  my  experience.  You  may  remember  that  on  a  former  occasion, 
when  you  visited  one  of  the  Southern  States,  it  was  a  matter  of 
considerable  inquiry  among  the  younger  people,  whether  you  were 
the  identical  man  that  made  the  Spelling  ]5ook  and  Dictionary. 
[Much  laughter.]  Not  long  after  that,  it  happened  to  me  to'.be 
in  one  of  the  remote  towns  of  New  Hampsliire,  about  the  time  that 
you,  yourself,  Mr.  President,  had  been  in  that  neighborhood.  And 
one  of  the  little  fellows  had  come  to  this  like  query ;  "  Is  that  the 
same  Webster  who  made  the  Dictionary  ?  " 

I  well  remember  the  appropriate  reply  :  "  That  is  not  the  man 
who  made  Webster's  Dictionary,  but  it  is  the  one  who  has  taken 
the  words  of  Webster's  Dictionary  and  combined  them  in  language 
of  a  more  beautiful  and  sublime  form  than  any  man  who  ever  lived 
before  him."     [Enthusiastic  and  reiterated  cheering.] 

Some  allusion.  Sir,  has  been  made  to  the  early  Military  and  Civil 
History  of  New  Hampshire,  and  a  remark  also  has  been  made  by 
one,  "  how  soon  it  is  that  all  these  events  fade  away."  Let  me  recall 
one  incident,  that  may  be  familiar  to  most  of  you,  and  which,  on  the 
occasion  of  a  New  Hampshire  Festival,  should  not  be  forgotten.  I 
allude  to  an  incident  in  the  life  of  one  of  the  most  devoted  patriots  of 
New  Hampshire,  Jo^xLA^'GI)OX.  In  one  of  the  darkest  periods  of 
the  llcvolution,  Avhen  our  means  were  small,  the  Provincial  Legis- 
lature was  in  session  in  Exeter,  tlie  resources  of  the  country 
were  at  the  lowest  ebb,  despair  was  on  every  mind,  when  John 
Langdon  arose  in  that  assembly  and  made  this  very  remarkable 
speech  :  "  I  have  two  thousand  dollars  in  specie.  I  will  pledge 
my  plate  for  as  much  more.  I  have  eighty  hogsheads  of  Tobago 
Kuui,  which  will  be  sold  for  the  service  of  the  State.  The 
Country  shall  have  it  all.     If  we  succeed  in  establishing  our  liberty, 


MR.  bale's  speech.  61 

I  shall  be  repaid  ;  if  not,  property  is  of  no  value,"  Such  a  propo- 
sition rc-animated  every  one  ;  called  hope  back  to  all,  and,  as  the 
Governor  said,  "  We  can  now  raise  a  New  Hampshire  regiment, 
and  my  friend,  John  Stark,  can  command  it." 

The  Regiment  was  raised.  Stark  marched  his  troops  to  Ben- 
nington, and  calling  them  together,  in  sight  of  the  Red  Coats,  made 
this  noted  speech  :  "  There 's  the  enemy,  boys ;  and  we  beat  to-day, 
or  Sally  Stark 's  a  widow."  [Rapturous  applause.]  The  events 
of  that  battle  are  famiUar  to  you  all.  The  consequences  that  im- 
mediately followed  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne,  may  be  traced,  by 
a  direct  chain  of  cause  and  effect,  to  the  generous  and  patriotic 
offer  that  was  made  by  John  Langdon,  in  the  Provincial  Legislature 
of  New  Hampshire,  at  that  early  day.     [Cheers.] 

And  now.  Sir,  am  I  disobeying  my  rule  and  making  a  long 
Speech?     ["No,  no,"  "goon."] 

And  now  I  will  tell  you  one  more  anecdote  and  sit  down.  Or, 
as  a  quaint  speaker  said  of  one  of  his  stories,  "  It  a'nt  an  anecdote 
either,  for  it  actually  took  place  ; "  in  like  manner  I  may  say  this 
is  not  an  anecdote  either,  for  it  is  true.     [Laughter.] 

As  I  came  to  Boston  to-day  in  the  cars,  I  found  an  old  gentle- 
man, sixty-five  years  of  age,  who  told  me  he  was  never  in  the  city  of 
Boston  before.  I  asked  him  whether  he  was  going  to  the  Dinner. 
"  No,"  said  he,  "  I  am  going  to  see  Mr.  Webster."  [Applause.] 
And  he  told  me  his  story  thus  ;  "  About  the  year  1777,  my  father 
was  a  native  of  North  Hampton,  N.  H.  The  people  had  assembled  at 
public  worship,  and  while  they  were  there,  a  message  came  from  the 
Legislature  to  have  nine  men  raised,  to  join  the  army  with  Stark's 
forces.  After  service  was  over,  the  terms  were  proposed,  and  the 
question  raised,  whether  any  volunteers  would  present  themselves  ? 
No  one  came  forward.  The  pay  was  too  small  and  uncertain. 
After  a  considerable  silence,  Capt.  Nathan  Ilobbs,  my  father,  rose 
and  said,  '  If  nine  men  can  be  found  willing  to  go,  I  will  double  the 
wages,  and  pay  down  the  money,  $2,000,  in  advance  ! '  The  rcijui- 
sitc  nine  were  obtained;  my  father  advanced  the  money, liis  whole 
fortune  ;  went  back  behind  the  mountains  of  New  Ilanipshire,  and 
there  lived  and  died,  a  poor  man."  His  son  has  now  conic  to  see  if 
the  Country  will  do  something  to  relieve  his  poverty  now.  That 
man  is  in  this  city,  for  the  first  time,  in  his  old  age,  and  will  see  you, 


62  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Mr.  President,  to-morrow,  and  ask  you,  when  you  next  go  to  Wash- 
ington, to  bring  his  claim  to  the  notice  of  Congress,  and  then  he 
will  go  home,  and  coming  events  will  tell  in  what  estimation  such 
services  are  held.  [Loud  cries  from  all  parts  of  the  Hall,  "  Pass 
round  the  Hat  noAv."]     I  propose, 

"  The  Memory  of  that  Old  Man,  who  did  such  services  for  his  country, 
Capt.  Nathan  Houbs." 

[Cheers.] 

The  President.  If  the  son  of  Captain  Nathan  Hobbs  appears 
in  Washington,  there  will  then  be,  in  one  House  of  Congress  at 
least,  two  votes  for  his  claim. 

Here  is  a  letter  from  Hon.  Joseph  Healy,  also  one  from  Hon. 
John  Sullivan,  avcII  known  to  you  all ;  from  Rev.  Dr.  Nichols,  of 
Portland  ;  and  this  from  a  most  worthy  gentleman,  Hon.  Charles 
H.  Atherton,  and  one  also  from  Mr.  Bartlett,  of  N.  H. 

I  propose  to  proceed  to  the  remaining  toasts  as  soon  as  I  can. 

8.  Our  Incited  Guests  !  —  Welcome  visitors  !  bringing  us  kindred  sympathies 
and  grateful  memories  of  the  Fatlicr-Laud. 

Let  me  introduce  to  you  the  Hon.  Mr.  Plummer,  though,  like 
some  of  the  rest  of  us,  his  head  is  a  little  whitened,  his  name  is  yet 
William  Plummer,  Jr.,  and  I  call  upon  him  to  respond  to  this  sen- 
timent. 


SPEECH    OF  HON.   WILLIAMS!   TLmiMER,    Jr. 

3Ir.  President  — 

I  do  not  altogether  agree  with  you  that  a  Junior  should  be  called 
onjit  this  time.  I  see  hero  many  others,  to  whom  the  duty  of  re- 
plying to  the  sentiment  just  aimouuced  from  the  Chair  might  have 
been  more  pro]>erly  assigned.  I  have  great  satisfaction  in  being 
allowed  thus  publicly  to  express,  in  behalf  of  the  invited  guests, 
wliat  I  am  very  sure  Avas  their  unanimous  feeling  on  this  occasion. 
We  feel  that,  in  this  invitation,  you  have  at  once  done  us  an  honor, 
and  conferred  on  us  a  favor ;  an  honor,  which  no  one  would  receive 


MR.   plummer's   speech.  63 

without  the  highest  gratification  ;  and  a  favor,  for  which  no  other 
return  can  be  made  than  the  tender  of  our  grateful  acknowledg- 
ments. We  thank  you,  Gentlemen,  for  the  honor  you  have  done 
us  ;  and  we  are  grateful  to  you  for  the  pleasure  we  have  experienced 
in  being  with  you  on  this  interesting  occasion.    ["  Hear,  hear."] 

I  know  not,  Mr.  President,  to  whose  happy  thought  we  are  in- 
debted for  the  first  idea  of  this  meeting.    It  has  the  merit,  at  least, 
of  originality.     Its  effects  cannot  but  be  beneficial.     They  would 
be  so,  if  they  only  served,  as  they  already  have  done,  to  make  us 
better  acquainted  with  each  other  than  we  were  before.     Who  is 
there  here,  that  has  not,  to-day,  found  some  new  and  agreeable 
acquaintance  ?      Who,  that   has  not    seen   or    heard    something 
which  he  would  not  willingly  forget  ?     Who,  but  has  received  some 
pleasure  in  the  present,  which  he  may  hope  to  bring  forth  for  en- 
joyment in  the  future  ?     But  more  important  results  may  be  ex- 
pected from  this  meeting,  than  the  mere  gratification  of  our  own 
personal  feelings.     By  seeing  and  knowing  more  of  each  other,  we 
come  to  think  higher  of  our  native  State,  and  to  feel  more  strongly 
our  connection  with  her ;  and  this,  in  my  judgment,  is  no  small 
advantage.     We  are  all  citizens  of  one  great  republic  ;  but  we  are 
also  all  natives  of  one  small  State  ;  and  our  service  is  due  as  much 
to  the  one  as  to  the  other ;  nay,  Sir,  we  can  but  serve  the  former 
by  not  forgetting  the  latter.     The  blending  of  opposite  qualities  is 
necessary  to  excellence  in  any  department ;  and  it  is  the  office  of 
each  State  in  our  Union  to  furnish  its  o\Yn  peculiar  ingredient,  tlie 
contingent  of  its  individual  character,  to  the  mingled  mass,  out  of 
which  a  perfect  whole,  one  great  and  glorious  republic,  can  alone 
arise.     State  feeling,  then,  is  as  necessary  for  this  purpose  as  na- 
tional feeling  ;  and  I  should  be  sorry  to  see  the  time  Avhen  this  local 
feeling  should  be  lost  in  any  broader  but  more   vague   sentiment. 
I   should  be   sorry  to  see  the  whole  country  melted  down   into  a 
tame  uniformity  of  character,  in  which  one  could  not  distinguish 
between  South  Carolina,  for  instance,  and  Vermont,  or  Connecticut 
and  Louisiana.     No,  Sir  ;   in  a  just   and  commendable   feeling  of 
State  pride,  let  the  Virginian  still  boast  that  he  is  of  the  Ancient 
Dominion,  and  the  Massachusetts  man  glory  in  that  lie  i.'^  a  native 
of  the   Bay  State.     Let  not  our  little  Delaware  lose   her  identit}-. 
But,  above  all,  let  us,  of  the  Granite  State,  preserve  untouched  and 


64  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

immovable,  as  our  native  mountains,  the  virtue  and  the  vigor  of  our 
national  character.     [Applause.] 

Something  was  said  here,  just  now,  of  somebody  who  had  left  the 
State,  and  was  ashamed  of  New  Hampshire.  Why,  Sir,  I  never 
heard  of  such  a  man  ;  nor  do  I  believe  that  he  exists.  If  he  does, 
let  him  look  in  on  this  assembly,  and  he  will  be  ashamed,  not  of  his 
native  State,  but  of  his  own  base  and  degenerate  spirit.  We,  Mr. 
President,  who  still  remain  there,  and  to  whom  it  is  a  home  as  well 
as  the  place  of  our  nativity,  have  sometimes,  when  rallied  on  the 
subject,  allowed  ourselves  to  say,  half  in  earnest  and  half  in  banter, 
that,  though  we  have  sent  many  good  men  abroad,  we  take  care  to 
keep  our  best  men  at  home.  But  really.  Sir,  when  I  look  around  on 
this  assembly  of  the  emigrant  sons  of  New  Hampshire,  and  consider, 
too,  that  this  is  but  a  small  portion  of  the  mighty  mass,  I  feel  that 
it  would  be,  at  least,  mal-apropos,  and,  perhaps,  on  the  whole,  not 
very  easy  to  maintain,  here  and  in  this  presence,  the  affirmative  of 
that  proposition.  I  certainly  shall  not  undertake  it.  No,  Gentle- 
men ;  we  claim  no  such  superiority.  We  ask  only  to  be  regarded 
as  brothers,  and  as  equals.  That  is  enough  for  us  ;  it  is  enough, 
we  trust,  for  you.  And  as  for  the  stranger,  if  such  there  be,  who 
would  learn  something  of  the  nature  of  our  soil,  we  would  refer  him 
to  our  exports,  to  you.  Gentlemen,  as  samples  of  our  native 
growth.  He  may  judge,  if  he  will,  of  the  inherent  Avealth  of  the 
land,  from  what  we  can  afford  to  send  abroad,  to  lose  from  it.  To 
lose,  did  I  say  ;  no,  Gentlemen,  you  arc  not  lost  to  your  native  State. 
She  still  claims  your  allegiance,  your  fidelity,  your  devotion  ;  and 
she  doubts  not,  if  need  were,  that  you  would  be  ready,  with  your 
means,  your  talents,  and  your  virtues,  to  do  her  any  service  which 
she  might  rc'iuire,  or  you  could  render.  She  sent  you  out,  at  first, 
not  only  to  seek  your  own  fortunes,  but,  in  so  doing,  to  reflect  credit 
<»u  the  land  of  your  birtli.  This  she  knew  that  you  could  do  ;  and 
this  she  is  proud  to  see  and  to  acknoAvledge  that  you  have  well  and 
nobly  done.  In  tlie  various  departments  of  business,  in  the  higher 
walks  of  life,  in  the  pulpit,  and  by  the  sick  bed,  at  the  bar,  and  on 
the  bench,  in  the  Senate,  and  in  the  Cabinet,  at  home  and  abroad, 
slie  regards  what  you  have  done,  and  are  doing,  with  just  pride  and 
satisfaction  ;  and  she  feels  that,  hi  all  this,  you  are  her  true  and 
AYorthy  sons,  decus  et  tutainen  in  armia,   her  ornament  and  her 


MR.  Wilson's  speech.  65 

defence.  The  strength  of  your  indomitable  will,  the  vigor  of  your 
invincible  intellect,  these  are  her  defence ;  the  beauty,  the  splendor 
of  your  virtue,  these  are  her  ornament.  She  regards  you,  with 
maternal  affection,  as  rich  jewels,  that  sparkle,  like  the  gems  of  her 
crystal  hills,  in  diadems  of  her  glory.  Could  she  speak  here  in 
person,  to-day,  she  Avould  express  to  you  the  warmth  of  her  attach- 
ment in  words  such  as  I  cannot  utter  ;  and  hail  you,  in  your  on- 
ward and  upward  career,  with  affectionate  regard,  with  hearty 
good-will,  with  the  earnest  God  sjjeed  of  her  fervent  benediction. 
[Cheers.] 

The  President.  I  ought,  in  point  of  form,  to  have  asked  your 
consideration  to  the  resolutions  submitted  by  Mr.  Goodrich,  Avith 
respect  to  the  establishment  of  a  Professorship  of  the  Law  of  Na- 
tions, in  Dartmouth  College. 

[The  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted.] 

The  Chair  nominates  upon  the  committee,  rendered  necessary  by 
the  adoption  of  the  second  resolution,  Charles  B.  Goodrich,  Nathan 
Applcton,  Isaac  Parker,  James  AV.  Paige,  and  John  S.  Jenncss. 

Prof.  Haddock  and  Gen.  James  Miller,  have  also  sent  letters  and 
toasts,  for  "  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire." 

Ninth  sentiment : — 

0.  The  Fainilies  which  tee  left  behind  us  in  our  Native  Land ! — Fathem, 
Mothers,  Brothers,  Sisters ! — Veneration  and  aileotiouatc  remembrance  of 
the  Dead,  love  and  good  wishes  lor  the  Living. 


SPEECH  OF  iiox.  ja:sies  avilson. 

Mr.  President,  and  you,  Sons  of  New  Hcuni^slure  — 

I  regret,'  Sir,  that  you  have  called  upon  me  to  respond  to  the 
sentiment  that  has  just  been  announced  to  the  audience.  There  is 
in  it  a  feeling  that  goes  home  to  the  heart,  takes  hold  of  the  heart- 
strings, and  makes  them  twinge.  And,  I  would,  that  you  had  one 
of  more  feeling,  more  eloquence,  and  more  power,  to  speak  to  you 
in  reply  to  it. 

9 


66  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

There  is  something  here,  in  the  appearance  of  the  faces  now  be- 
fore me  that,  I  must  say,  has  carried  home  some  painful  emotions 
to  my  heart.  I  see  here  an  immense  crowd,  Sons  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  my  impression  is,  that  they  are  the  young  men  of  New 
Hampshire.  You  have  taken  away  the  strength,  you  have  taken 
away  the  Ufe  and  the  energy  of  New  Hampshire. 

I  thank  you  for  bringing  the  fathers  and  the  brothers,  the  moth- 
ers and  the  sisters,  to  our  recollection.  You  have  spoken,  Sir,  of 
New  Hampshire  in  its  early  history,  you  have  spoken  of  the  trials 
and  the  sufferings  of  the  early  settlers  of  New  Hampshire,  when 
they  penetrated  the  forest  and  braved  the  savage  foe.  You  have 
spoken  of  New  Hampshire  and  her  brave  men,  in  the  Revolution- 
ary struggle ;  you  have  spoken  of  them  as  they  deserved  to  be 
spoken  of,  and  these  young  men  have  spoken  of  them  as  they  ought 
to  be  remembered.  You  have  spoken,  also,  of  the  great  men  of  New 
Hampshire,  as  Statesmen  and  as  Professional  Men,  in  Executive 
office,  in  Judicial  office,  and  in  the  counsels  of  the  nation.  There  is 
one  peculiarity,  however,  in  regard  to  our  native  State,  that  you 
have  not,  in  my  judgment,  dwelt  upon  as  you  ought  to  dwell  upon 
it.     It  is  this,  the  migratory  character  of  the  people. 

It  has  been  my  fortune,  in  the  last  part  of  my  life,  to  have  been 
taken  up  by  the  wave  of  motion,  and  landed  in  the  great  West. 
And,  in  this  journeying,  let  me  go  as  far  as  I  can,  the  very  last  man 
that  I  saw,  from  whose  cabin  you  could  chuck  a  biscuit  into  the 
Indian  Territory,  I  found,  Avith  a  few  moments  conversation,  was  a 
New  Hampshire  man.  Go  where  you  will,  and  you  can  almost 
know  him  by  the  fences  around  his  farm,  and  the  cabin  in  which  he 
lives.  Inquire,  and  you  will  find  that  he  has  started  away  without 
an}'  particular  purpose.  Tell  him  that  he  has  everything  nicely  ar- 
ranged about  him,  and  intimate  to  him  that  you  suppose  he  is  con- 
tented, and  he  says,  "  By  no  means,  Sir,  I  am  about  to  sell  out  this 
claim  and  go  to  Oregon."  [Applause.]  This  is  the  character  of 
the  people. 

When  I  went  once  to  see  a  Mr.  Parker,  in  New  Hampshire,  there 
came  a  snow  storm  on  the  tenth  day  of  May,  and  we  had  to  ride 
with  a  stage-coach  and  four  horses.  There  was  one  person  in  the 
company  who  was  a  little  nervous,  who  said  that  he  believed  God 
never  intended  that  New  Hampshire  should  be  settled  by  white 


MR.  Wilson's  speech.  67 

persons,  for  if  he  had  intended  this,  he  would  have  had  children 
born  with  snow  shoes  on.     [Vociferous  applause.] 

He  was  mistaken.  New  Hampshire  is  the  very  place  for  children 
to  be  born  in,  and  that,  too,  to  emigrate  over  the  whole  country, 
to  make  their  impressions  upon  the  institutions  of  the  country. 
[Cheers.]  It  is  our  mountains,  it  is  our  fountains  that  issue  from 
our  mountains,  and  the  pure  water  that  issues  from  their  base ; 
it  is  the  daring  that  our  ancestors  have  shown  in  our  wars,  it  is  the 
free  schools  and  the  free  churches  that  make  New  Hampshire,  pre- 
cisely, just  the  place  to  raise  men,  that  make  us  do  as  Miller  said, 
when  called  upon  to  spike  the  enemy's  cannon,  "  I  '11  try."  [Great 
enthusiasm.] 

Such  has  been  the  result  of  our  climate,  such  the  result  of  our 
education,  springing  partly  from  the  character  of  the  country,  and 
partly  from  the  hardy  people  from  which  we  have  emanated. 

I  am  not  going  to  detain  you  with  a  long  speech  ["  go  on,"  "  go 
on,"]  in  behalf  of  the  mothers  and  sisters.  We  return  you  our 
hearty  thanks.  AVe  will  go  back  and  tell  them  how  well  the  boys 
behave  when  they  go  away  from  home.  [Cheers  redoubled,] 
We  will  go  back  to  them,  Sir,  and  we  will  sit  down  with  the  vci-y 
mothers  of  this  audience,  and  bring  tears  into  their  eyes  informing 
them,  how  very  cautiously  and  properly  you  have  treasured  up  the 
principles  which  those  mothers  instilled  into  you  in  your  childhood. 
In  their  behalf,  let  me  say  to  you,  that  wherever  your  lot  may  bo 
cast,  in  the  Southern  or  Western  portion  of  our  country,  I  give  it  to 
you,  in  charge,  that  you  carry  with  you  the  principles  which  you 
obtained  from  the  mothers  and  fathers  of  New  Hampshire.  [A 
perfect  furor  of  applause  as  Gen.  Wilson  took  his  seat.  He  was 
so  thoroughly  encored  that  he  was  compelled  again  to  rise.]  I 
barely  want  to  say,  that  I  feel  that  I  am  trespassing  upon  tho 
time  of  so  many  gentlemen  hero  present,  that  the  audience  muist 
excuse  me. 

The  President.     There  remains  but  one  otlier  regular  toast :  — 

10.   TIk;  ITiiited  Slates.  —  "  One  Country,  one.  Constitution,  ono  Destiny." 

And  I  am  directed  to  call  upon  the  Hon.  Mr.  Chamberlain,  of 
New  Hampshire,  to  respond  to  it. 


68  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 


SPEECH    OF    THE    HON.   LEVI    CHAMBERLAIN. 

Mr.  President  and  Brethren  — 

I  am  sorry  that  I  am  called  upon  to  respond  to  the  sentiment  of 
the  Union  of  the  United  States.  I  do  not  know,  Gentlemen,  that  it 
is  necessary  for  me  to  occupy  a  moment  before  a  New  Hampshire 
audience  upon  this  subject.  A  love  of  the  Union  has  always  been 
connected  with  the  hearts  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire.  We 
shall  carry  it,  I  trust,  to  our  graves.  Is  there  a  man  that  can  cal- 
culate the  value  of  the  Union  ?  Is  there  a  man  that  doubts  the 
importance  of  it  ?     I  suppose  not.     [Chcere.] 

I  see  around  me  here  the  citizens  of  the  State  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. I  know.  Gentlemen,  that  you  have  brought  Avith  you,  from 
your  native  State,  the  love  of  Free  Institutions,  the  love  of  Liberty, 
the  love  of  the  Union,  and  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States.  It  has  been  preached  to  you,  though  you  needed  not  the 
sermon,  it  has  been  told  to  you  again  and  again.  You  have  heard 
it  to-night,  long  since,  and  it  is  not  for  me  to  expatiate  upon  the 
subject.  Is  it  worth  while  for  us  to  forget  that  we  belong  to 
the  fraternity  of  States?  [He  was  in  favor  of  relieving  New 
Hampshire  from  the  position  of  a  border  State.]  In  conclusion,  I 
would  give  the  following  sentiment :  — 

The  Union  of  the  Stales. — .Now  and  forever  inseparable. 

[Prolonged  applause.] 

At  the  conclusion  of  Mr.  Chamberlain's  speech,  Mr.  Webster 
rose  and  took  leave  of  the  assembly  in  the  following  impressive 
and  eloquent  manner  :  — 

HON.    DANIEL    WEBSTER'S    SPEECH. 

The  regular  toasts  have  now  been  gone  through.  I  have  occu. 
pied  this  Chair  as  long  as  it  seems  to  be  convenient,  and,  with  a  few 
parting  words,  I  propose  to  resign  it  to  another. 

Gentlemen,  departing  from  the  cliaracter  of  particular  States, 
leaving,  for  the  present  and  at  last,  the  agreeable  thoughts  that 


MR.  Webster's  speech.  69 

have  entertained  us,  of  our  own  homes  and  our  own  origin,  it  ap- 
pears to  me,  before  we  part,  that  it  is  not  improper  that  we  should 
call  to  our  attention  the  marked  character  of  the  age  in  which  we 
live,  and  the  great  part  that,  in  the  dispensations  of  di\ine  Provi- 
dence, we  are  called  upon  to  act  in  it. 

To  act  our  part  well,  as  American  citizens,  as  members  of 
this  great  Republic,  we  must  understand  that  part,  and  the  duties 
which  it  devolves  upon  us.  We  cannot  expect  to  blunder  into  pro- 
priety, or  into  greatness  of  action.  We  must  learn  the  character  of 
the  age  in  which  we  live,  we  must  learn  our  own  place  as  a  great 
and  leading  nation  in  that  age,  we  must  learn  to  appreciate  justly 
our  own  position  and  character,  as  belonging  to  a  government  of  a 
particular  form,  and  we  must  act,  in  every  case,  and  upon  all  sub- 
jects, as  becomes  our  relations. 

NoAV,  Gentlemen,  I  venture  to  say,  here  and  everywhere,  in  tlie 
face  of  the  world,  that  there  is  not  on  earth  any  country,  at  the 
present  moment,  so  interesting  as  the  United  States.  I  do  not 
say,  no  country  so  strong,  so  rich,  so  beautiful,  so  high  or  command- 
ing ;  but  I  say  no  country  so  interesting,  no  country  that  sets  such 
an  example  before  the  world  of  self-government,  no  country  around 
which  so  many  hopes  and  so  many  fears  chistcr,  no  country,  in  re- 
gard to  which  the  world,  with  so  much  earnestness  inquires,  "  What 
will  she  come  to  ?" 

I  need  not  say  that  we  arc  at  the  head  of  this  conthient.  Who 
denies  that  ?  Who  doubts  it  ?  Here  are  twenty  millions  of  people, 
free,  commercial,  and  enterprising,  beyond  example.  They  are 
spread  over  an  immense  territory,  and  that  territory  has  boon 
lately  increased,  by  a  vast  and  an  extraordinary  addition.  The 
country  stretches  froiu  sea  to  sea,  across  the  Avhole  breadth  of 
North  America,  and  from  the  tropics  to  the  great  Lakes  and  Rivers 
of  the  North. 

Forty  or  fifty  years  ago,  a  Boston  poet  said  to  his  countrymen, 

"Xo  pent  up  Utica  contnicts  our  jiowers, 
For  tlie  whole  boumlk'Ss  continent  is  ours."' 

This  was  poetic  ;  but  the  poetry  has  been  advancing,  and  is  still  ad- 
vancing, more  and  more,  to  sober  truth  and  reality. 


70  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

But  that  is  not  all.  Nor  is  it  the  most  important  point.  We 
are  brought  bj  steam,  and  the  improvements  attendant  upon  its  dis- 
covery, into  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  the  great  powers  of  Eu- 
rope, living  under  different  forms  of  Government ;  forms  in  which 
the  aristocratic,  or  the  despotic,  or  the  monarcliical  prevails.  And 
the  United  States,  the  second  commercial  country  in  the  world, 
whose  intercourse  affects  every  other  country,  come  into  the  circle, 
and  are  become  the  immediate  neighbors  of  them  all.  And  what 
is  expected  to  be  the  consequence  of  this  contiguity,  this  proximity, 
this  bringing  the  llepublican  practioe  into  the  immediate  presence  of 
despotism,  monarchy,  and  aristocracy  ?  This  is  the  philosophical 
view,  which  attracts  the  attention  of  the  observant  part  of  mankind, 
most  strongly,  and  strikes  us  with  the  greatest  power.  What  is 
to  be  the  result  ? 

Gentlemen,  between  us  and  all  the  Governments  of  Europe, 
political  power  is  yet  separate.  They  have  their  systems,  and  we 
have  ours  ;  but,  then,  their  and  our  joint  interests  approach,  and 
sometimes  amalgamate.  The  commercial  interests  are  mingling  to- 
gether all  over  the  civilized  world.  The  information  of  mankind  is 
becoming  common  to  all  nations,  and  the  general  tone  of  sentiment 
common,  in  learned  circles,  and  among  the  masses  of  intelligent  men. 
In  matters  of  science,  taste,  commerce,  in  questions  of  right  and 
justice,  and  matters  of  judicial  administration,  we  think  very  much 
alike.  But,  in  regard  to  the  origin  of  Government,  the  form  of 
Government,  and,  in  some  cases,  the  end  and  objects  of  Govern- 
ment, we  differ.  And  yet,  it  is  certain  that  of  all  human  institu- 
tions, Government  is  the  chief,  and  by  far  the  most  important ;  and 
as  the  Press,  at  least  to  a  very  great  extent,  in  modern  times,  is  free. 
Government,  its  origin,  its  forms,  its  duties,  its  ends  and  objects,  and 
its  practical  administration,  are  everywhere  a  constant  subject  of 
discussion.  Now  that  steam  has  created  such  a  daily  intercourse, 
and  brouglit  countries  so  much  nearer  togetlier,  men  of  one  nation 
seem  to  talk  to  tliosc  of  another,  on  political  subjects,  as  on  other 
s\ibjccts,  almost  like  inliabitants  of  tlie  same  city,  or  the  same  county. 
This  is  a  condition  of  tilings,  novel  and  interesting,  and  worthy  of 
our  refioclion.  In  National  relations,  we  sustain  a  rank,  we  hold  a 
certain  place,  and  we  have  high  duties  to  perform.  Of  course  it  is 
our  duty  to  abstain  from  all  interference  in  the  political  affairs  of  other 


MR.    WEBSTER'S    SPEECH.  71 

nations.  But,  then,  there  is  one  thing,  which  we  are  bound  to  do. 
We  are  bound  to  show  to  the  whole  world,  in  the  midst  of  which  we 
are  placed,  that  a  regular,  steady,  conservative  Government,  found- 
ed on  broad,  popular,  representative  systems,  is  a  practicable  thing. 
We  are  bound  to  show,  that  there  may  be  such  a  Government,  not 
merely  for  a  small,  but  for  a  great  country,  in  which  life  and  prop- 
erty shall  be  secure,  religion  and  the  worship  of  the  Deity  ob- 
served, good  morals  cultivated,  commerce  and  the  arts  encouraged, 
and  the  general  prosperity,  of  all  classes,  maintained  and  ad- 
vanced. 

It  strikes  me,  and  I  repeat  the  sentiment  only  to  show  the  strength 
of  my  own  conviction,  that  our  great  destiny  on  earth  is,  to  exhibit 
the  practicability  of  good,  safe,  secure,  popular  Governments ; 
to  prove,  and  I  hope  we  do  prove,  that  there  may  be  security  for 
property,  and  for  personal  rights ;  that  there  may  be  the  mainten- 
ance of  religion  and  morals,  that  there  may  be  an  extensive  diffu- 
sion of  knowledge,  a  carrying  on  of  all  branches  of  education  to 
their  highest  pitch,  by  means  of  institutions  founded  on  Republican 
principles.  The  prophesies  and  the  poets  are  with  us.  Everybody 
knows  Bishop  Berkely's  lines,  written  a  hundred  years  ago: 

"  Tlicrc  shall  be  seen  another  golden  age, 
The  rise  of  Empires  and  of  Arts  ; 
The  good  and  great  inspiring  epic  rage, 
Tiie  wisest  heads  and  noblest  hearts." 

"  "Westward  the  course  of  Empire  takes  its  way; 
The  four  first  acts  already  past ; 
A  fiftii  shall  close  the  drama  witli  the  day, 
Time's  noblest  offspring  is  the  last." 

And,  at  a  more  recent  period,  but,  still,  when  tlicre  Avas  nothing  to  1)e 
seen  in  this  vast  North  American  Continent  but  a  few  colonial  settle- 
ments, another  English  poet  suggests,  to  his  country,  that  she  shall 
see  a  great  nation,  her  own  oftspring,  springing  up,  witii  wealth, 
and  power,  and  glory,  in  the  New  World ; 

'•  In  other  lands,  another  Britain  see  ; 
And  wliat  thou  art,  America  shall  be." 

But,  in  regard  to  this  country,  there  is  no  poetry  like  the  poetry 
of  events  ;  and  all  the  prophesies  lag  beiiind  their  fulfilment. 


iZ  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

That  13  the  doctrine,  which  you,  and  I,  of  America,  are  bound  to 
teach.  [Cheers.]  Does  anybody  doubt  that,  on  this  broad,  popular 
platform,  there  exists  now,  in  these  United  States,  a  safe  Govern- 
ment ?  Tell  me  where  there  is  one  safer.  Or,  tell  me  any  on 
the  face  of  the  old  world  on  which  public  faith  is  more  confidently 
reposed.  I  say  the  Government  of  the  United  States  is  one  of  the 
safest.  I  do  not  know  how  long  it  may  be  before  it  will  become 
one  of  the  oldest  Governments  in  the  world.     [Loud  applause.] 

We  are  in  an  age  of  progress.  That  progress  is  towards  self- 
government,  by  the  enlightened  portion  of  the  community,  every 
where.  And  a  great  question  is,  how  this  impulse  can  be  carried 
on,  without  running  to  excess  ;  how  popular  Government  can  be 
established,  witliout  falling  into  licentiousness.  That  is  the  great 
question,  and  wc  have  seen  how  difficult  it  is,  by  those  not  taught 
in  the  school  of  experience,  to  establish  such  a  system. 

It  is  a  common  sentiment  uttered  by  those  who  would  revolu- 
tionize Europe,  that  to  be  free,  men  have  only  to  will  it.  That  is 
a  fallacy.  There  must  be  prudence  and  a  balancing  of  departments, 
and  there  must  be  persons  Avho  will  teach  the  science  of  free,  popu- 
lar governments ;  and  there  are  but  few,  except  in  this  country, 
who  can  teach  that  science.  ["  Hear,  hear."]  And  we  have 
arrived  at  this  ability  by  an  experience  of  two  hundred  years. 
And  how  has  it  come  ?  AVhy,  we  are  an  off-shoot  of  the  British 
Constitution.  In  that  Constitution  there  is  a  popular  clement,  that 
is,  a  representation  of  the  people.  This  element  is  there  mixed  up 
with  the  monarchical  and  the  aristocratic  elements.  But  our  an- 
cestors brought  with  them  no  aristocracy,  and  no  monarchial  rule, 
except  a  general  submission  and  allegiance  to  the  Crown  of  England. 
Their  immediate  Government  was  altogether  a  popular  representa- 
tion ;  and  the  country  has  been  thoroughly  trained,  and  schooled, 
in  the  practice  of  such  a  government. 

To  abide  by  the  voice  of  representatives  fairly  chosen,  by 
the  edicts  of  those  who  make  the  legislative  enactments,  has  been, 
and  is,  our  only  system.  And  from  the  first  settlement  of  the 
C(;lonv,  at  Plymoutii,  through  all  our  subsequent  history,  we  have 
adhered  to  this  j)riuciplc.  We  threw  off  the  ])Ower  of  the  King,  and 
we  never  had  admitted  the  power  of  the  Parliament.  That  was 
.)ohu  Adams'  doctrine.     And  that  is  the  reason  why  the  Parliament 


MR.  Webster's  speech.  73 

■was  not  alluded  to  in  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  The  Colo- 
nics acknowledged  the  power  of  the  Crown,  but  never  having  ac- 
knowledged the  authority  of  the  Parliament,  they  disdained  to 
give  any  reason  for  throwing  it  off. 

When  the  Revolution  severed  iis  from  the  mother  country,  then 
we  had  nothing  to  do  but  to  go  on  with  our  elections,  supplying  the 
Governors,  no  longer  appointed  by  the  Crown,  by  our  own  election, 
thus  making  the  whole  Government  popular,  and  to  proceed  as  at 
first ;  and  that  it  was  which  enabled  the  Colonies  of  Connecticut  and 
Rhode  Island,  down  to  a  very  late  period,  to  continue  their  ancient 
Constitutions. 

If  you  look  anywhere,  beside  at  France,  on  the  continent  of  Eu- 
rope, can  you  find  any  thing  that  bears  the  aspect  of  a  Representa- 
tive Government  ?     There  is  nothing. 

It  is  very  difficult  to  establish  a  free  conservative  Government 
for  the  equal  advancement  of  all  the  interests  of  society.  What 
has  Germany  done  ;  learned  Germany,  fuller  of  ancient  lore  than  all 
the  world  beside  ?  What  has  Italy  done,  what  have  they  done 
who  dwell  on  the  spot  Avhere  Cicero  and  Justinian  lived  ?  They 
have  not  the  power  of  self-government  which  a  common  town-meet- 
ing, with  us,  possesses.     [Applause.] 

Yes,  I  say,  that  those  persons  -who  have  gone  from  our  town-meet- 
ings, to  dig  gold  in  California,  are  more  fit  to  make  a  Republican 
Government  than  any  body  of  men  in  Germany  or  Italy,  because 
they  have  learned  this  one  great  lesson ;  that  there  is  no  security 
without  law,  and  that,  under  the  circumstances  in  which  they  are 
placed,  where  there  is  no  military  authority  to  cut  their  throats, 
there  is  no  sovereign  Avill  but  the  will  of  the  majority ;  that,  therefore, 
if  they  remain,  they  must  submit  to  that  Aviil. 

It  is  the  prevalence  of  this  general  sentiment  of  obedience  to 
law,  that  they  must  have  representatives,  and,  that  if  they  be  fairly 
chosen,  their  edicts  must  stand  for  law;  it  is  the  general  diffusion  of 
this  opinion  that  enables  our  people  everywhere  to  govern  tiiem- 
selves.  And,  where  they  have  our  habits,  you  >vill  find  tluit  they 
will  establish  Government  upon  the  foundation  of  a  free,  popular 
Constitution,  and  nothing  else. 

Now,  I  think,  Gentlemen,  that  while  we  prescribe  no  forms,  while 
we  dictate  to  nobody,  our  mission  is  to  show  that  a  constitutional, 
10 


74  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

representative,  conservative  Government,  founded  on  the  freest  pos- 
sible principles,  can  do,  can  do,  for  the  advancement  of  general 
morals  and  the  general  prosperity,  as  much  as  any  other  Govern- 
ment can  do.  This  is  our  business ;  this  our  mission  among  the 
nations ;  and  it  is  a  nobler  destiny,  even,  than  that  -which  Virgil 
assigns  to  imperial  Rome. 

"Exciulent  alii  spirantia  moUiiis  xva, 
Credo  cquidcm ;  vivos  duccnt  de  marmorc  vultus ; 
Orabunt  causas  melius  ;  ctcliquc  meatus 
Describent  radio,  ct  surgentia  sidera  diccnt  : 
Tu  refjere  imperio  jwpulos,  Jiomaiie,  memeuto ; 
IJ(t  tibi  erunt  artes,  pacisque  imponere  morem, 
Parcere  suhjectis,  et  dehellare  stijierbos.^' 

Gentlemen,  two  things  are  to  be  maintained  and  insisted  on.  One, 
that  men  in  an  enlightened  age  are  capable  of  self-government ; 
that  the  enjoyment  of  equal  rights  is  a  practicable  thing,  and  that 
freedom  is  not  a  dangerous  privilege  for  a  body  politic.  And  the 
other  is,  that  freedom  from  restraint  is  not  freedom  ;  that  licen- 
tiousness, the  discharge  from  moral  duties,  and  that  general  scram- 
ble which  leads  the  idle  and  the  extravagant  to  hope  for  a  time 
when  they  may  put  their  hands  into  their  neighbors'  pockets,  call 
it  what  you  please,  is  tyranny.  It  is  no  matter  whether  an 
Emperor  robs  his  subject  of  his  property,  or,  whether,  under 
the  notion  of  equal  rights,  the  property  earned  by  one  shall  be 
taken  from  him  by  a  majority.  I  would  not  choose  the  latter.  On 
the  contrary,  give  me  a  despotism,  for  I  would  prefer  one  tyrant  to  ten 
thousand.  Who  would  labor,  if  there  were  not  a  security  that 
what  he  earned  would  be  his  own,  for  his  own  enjoyment,  for  the 
education  of  his  children,  for  the  support  of  his  age,  and  the  gratifi- 
cation of  all  his  reasonable  desires  ? 

Gentlemen,  the  events  of  the  past  year  are  many,  and  some  of 
them  most  interesting.  They  seem  to  result  from  an  indefinite 
purpose  of  those  who  wished  to  ameliorate  the  condition  of  things  in 
Europe.  They  had  no  distinct  ideas.  Tliere  may  be  incidental 
benefits  arising  from  tlic  scenes  of  turmoil  and  of  blood ;  but  no 
general  and  settled  change.  Tlicse  Avars  may  somewhat  assuage 
the  imperial  sway  of  despots.  They  may  serve  to  convince  those 
who  hold  despotic  power,  that  they  may  shake  their  own  thrones,  if 


MR.  Webster's  speech.  75 

they  do  not  yield  something  to  popular  demands.     In  that  sense 
some  good  may  come  of  these  events. 

Then,  Gentlemen,  there  is  another  aspect.  We  have  all  had  our 
sympathies  much  enlisted  in  the  Hungarian  effort  for  liberty.  We 
have  all  wept  at  its  failure.  We  thought  we  saw  a  more  rational 
hope  of  establishing  Independence  in  Hungary  than  in  any  other 
part  of  Europe,  where  the  question  has  been  in  agitation  within  the 
last  twelve  months.  But  despotic  power  from  abroad  intervened  to 
suppress  that  hope. 

And,  Gentlemen,  what  will  come  of  it,  I  do  not  know.  For  my 
part,  at  this  moment,  I  feel  more  indignant  at  recent  events  con- 
nected with  Hungary  than  at  all  those  which  passed  in  her  struggle 
for  liberty.  [Tremendous  cheering.]  I  see  that  the  Emperor  of 
Russia  demands  of  Turkey  that  the  noble  Kossuth  and  his  com- 
panions shall  be  given  up,  to  be  dealt  with  at  his  pleasure. 
["  Shame  I"  "shame  !  "]  And  I  see  that  this  demand  is  made 
in  derision  of  the  established  law  of  nations.  Gentlemen,  there  is 
something  on  earth  greater  than  arbitrary  or  despotic  power.  The 
lightning  has  its  power,  and  the  whirlwind  has  its  power,  and  the 
earthquake  has  its  power  ;  but  there  is  something  among  men  more 
capable  of  shaking  despotic  thrones  than  lightning,  whirlwind,  or 
earthquake,  [overpowering  outburst  of  applause ;]  that  is,  the  excited 
and  aroused  indignation  of  the  whole  civilized  world.  [Renewed 
cheers.]  Gentlemen,  the  Emperor  of  Russia  holds  himself  to  be 
bound  by  the  law  of  nations,  from  the  fact  that  he  negotiates  with 
civilized  nations,  and  that  he  forms  alliances  and  treaties.  He  pro- 
fesses, in  fact,  to  live  in  a  civilized  age,  and  to  govern  an  enlightened 
nation.  I  say  that  if,  under  these  circumstances,  he  shall  perpetrate 
so  great  a  violation  of  national  law,  as  to  seize  these  Hungarians  and 
to  execute  them,  he  will  stand  as  a  criminal  and  malefactor  in  the 
view  of  the  public  law  of  the  world.  [Loud  huzzas  continued  for 
several  minutes.]  The  whole  world  will  be  the  tribunal  to  try  him, 
and  he  must  apjicar  before  it,  and  hold  up  his  hand,  and  plead,  and 
abide  its  judgment,     [llciteratcd  cheers.] 

Tlic  Emperor  of  Russia  is  the  supreme  law-giver  in  his  own 
country,  and,  for  aught  I  know,  the  executor  of  that  law  also. 
But,  thanks  be  to  God,  he  is  not  the  supreme  law-giver  or  executor 
of  the  national  law,  and   every  offence  against  that,  is  an  offence 


76  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

against  the  rights  of  the  civilized  world,  ["  hear !  hear  !  ! "]  and 
if  he  breaks  that  law,  in  the  case  of  Turkey,  or  any  other  case,  the 
whole  world  has  a  right  to  call  him  ont,  and  to  demand  his  punish- 
ment.  ["  True  !  true  !  !  "] 

Our  rights,  as  a  nation,  like  those  of  other  nations,  arc  lield  under 
the  sanction  of  national  law  ;  a  law  which  becomes  more  important 
from  day  to  day  ;  a  law  which  none  who  profess  to  agree  to,  are 
at  liberty  to  violate.  Nor  let  him  imagine,  nor  let  any  one  imagine, 
that  mere  force  can  subdue  the  general  sentiment  of  mankind.  It 
is  much  more  likely  to  extend  that  sentiment,  and  to  destroy  the 
power  which  he  most  desires  to  establish  and  secure. 

Gentlemen,  the  bones  of  poor  John  AVickliffe  were  dug  out  of  his 
grave,  seventy  years  after  his  death,  and  burnt  for  liis  heresy  ;  and 
his  ashes  were  thrown  upon  a  river  in  Warwickshire.  Some 
prophet  of  that  day  said  : 

"  The  Avon  to  the  Severn  run?, 
The  Severn  to  the  sea, 
And  Wiekliffe's  dust  shall  spread  abroad, 
Wide  as  the  ivaters  be." 

Gentlemen,  if  the  blood  of  Kossuth  is  taken  by  an  absolute,  un- 
qualified, unjustifiable  violation  of  national  law,  Avhat  will  it  appease, 
what  will  it  pacify  ?  It  will  mingle  with  the  earth,  it  will  mix  with 
the  waters  of  the  ocean,  the  whole  civilized  world  will  snuff  it  in 
the  air,  and  it  will  return  with  awful  retribution  on  the  heads  of 
those  violators  of  national  law  and  universal  justice.  [Great  en- 
thusiasm.] I  cannot  say  when,  or  in  what  form  ;  but  depend  upon 
it,  that  if  such  an  act  take  place,  then  thrones,  and  principalities,  and 
po\ver.<,  must  look  out  for  the  consc<picnccg,  [Overpowering  ap- 
l)lau^e.] 

.Vnd  now.  Gentlemen,  let  us  do  our  part ;  let  us  understand  the 
position  in  which  wc  stand,  as  the  great  republic  of  the  world,  at 
the  most  interesting  era  of  the  world.  ]jct  us  consider  the  mission 
and  the  destiny  which  Providence  seems  to  have  designed  for  us, 
and  let  us  so  take  care  of  our  own  conduct,  that,  with  irreproachable 
hearts,  and  with  hands  void  of  offence,  we  may  stand  up  whenever 
and  wherever  called  upon,  and  with  a  voice  not  to  be  disregarded, 
say,  this  shall  not  be  done,  at  least  not  Avithout  our  protest.     [Mr. 


DR.  smith's  remarks.  77 

Webster's  speech  was  received  -with  much  more  than  tlie  common 
exhibition  of  approbation,  and,  at  its  close,  three  times  three  cheers 
were  called  for  and  responded  to  heartily  and  unanimously.  Mr. 
Webster  then  retired,  the  whole  company  standing  while  he  left  the 
Hall.] 

Hon.  Marshall  P.  Wilder,  the  first  A^ice  President,  then  took 
the  Chair,  and  remarked  as  follows :  — 

Gentlemen  — 

I  will  not  undertake  to  pass  a  eulogium  upon  the  distinguished 
individual  who  has  just  vacated  the  Chair ;  but  I  propose  for  your 
consideration,  a  sentiment,  to  which  I  know  you  will  heartily  re- 
spond.    I  give  you. 

The  President  of  the  Day !  —  It  required  the  united  wisdom  of  the  Con- 
federacy to  frame  the  Constitution.  It  was  reserved  for  our  native  State  to 
furnish  its  ablest  Expounder  and  Defender. 

[Enthusiastic  cheers.] 

Dr.  J.  V.  C.  Smith  being  called  for,  at  a  very  late  hour  in  the  even- 
ing, said  that  he  had  been  indulging  a  hope  that  he  should  not  have 
occasion  to  speak  at  all,  since  the  assembly  Avas  already  fitigued. 
He  therefore  merely  referred  to  the  place  of  his  birth,  which  was 
embraced  in  the  ancient  Indian  sachemdom  of  Pickwacket.  In- 
cidentally, a  reference  was  made  to  the  interesting  historical  fact, 
that  the  cause  of  sound  learning  in  Massachusetts,  to  some  extent, 
was  at  one  memorable  period,  sustained  by  the  people  of  ]S\nv 
Hampshire. 

Under  the  presidency  of  Chaunccy,  there  were  various  embarrass- 
ments, of  a  serious  nature,  at  Harvard  College.  All  the  efficient 
funds,  at  a  particular  time,  did  not  amount  to  one  thousand  pounds. 
The  political  difficulties  precluded  any  ex[icetation  of  aid  from  the 
(ircucral  Court.  The  liberality  of  individuals  was  the  only  resource 
for  a  while.  A  scanty  charity,  however,  was  manifested.  "  h\ 
this  emergency,"  says  the  historian  of  Harvard  University,  the  Hon. 
Josiah  Quincy,  "the  town  of  Portsmouth,  in  New  Hampshire,  first 
extended  a  hclinng  hand.  The  inhabitants  of  that  town,  in  an  ad- 
dress to  the  General  Court,  dated  May,  Itiil',*,  after  expressing  their 


78  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

thankfulness  for  the  protection  extended  to  them  from  Massachu- 
setts, and  saying,  '  that,  although  they  had  articled  with  them  for 
exemption  from  taxes,  yet  they  had  never  articled  with  God  and 
their  own  consciences,  for  exemption  from  gratitude,'  which,  while 
they  were  studying  how  to  demonstrate,  the  loud  groans  of  the  sink- 
ing college  came  to  their  cars  ;  and  hoping  that  their  example  might 
provoke  the  rest  of  the  country  to  a  holy  emulation  in  so  good  a 
work,  and  the  General  Court  itself,  vigorously  to  act,  for  diverting 
the  omen  of  calamity,  which  its  destruction  would  be  to  New  Eng- 
land," declared  that  a  voluntai-y  collection  had  been  made  among 
their  inhabitants,  which  authorized  the  town  to  pledge  the  payment 
of"  sixty  pounds  sterling  a  year,  for  seven  years  ensuing,  to  be  im- 
proved by  the  overseers  of  the  college  for  the  advancement  of  good 
literature  there." 

"  This  noble  example,"  continues  Mr.  Quincy,  "  was  not  lost  on 
Massachusetts.  Efficient  measures  were  adopted ;  an  agent  was 
sent  to  England  to  raise  funds  by  subscription.  These  exertions  pro- 
duced, in  the  course  of  the  ensuing  year,  subscriptions  for  more  than 
three  thousand  six  hundred  pounds.  By  the  benevolence,  energy, 
and  respect  for  learning,  entertained  by  a  few  people  in  New 
Hampshire,  an  influence  was  diff'uscd  abroad,  which  was  of  the 
highest  importance  to  the  stability  of  that  great  and  much  honored 
institution,  the  University  at  Cambridge." 

Dr.  Smith  closed  with  the  followinii  lines :  — 


riCKWACKKT. 

PicKWACKKT,  aye,  the  wildest,  rougliest  place, 

"Where  IiHJians,  the  hardiest  of  that  race, 

Tiai-kcd  tiie  tail  iiioosf,  struck  dead  the  wolf  and  d<'.er 

A\  iih  tcatlier'd  an'ow,  toiiiahawk,  and  .-])ear  ; 

Tortiii-'d  tlieii-  enemies  with  l)iirninLr  coals. 

And  feasted  daintih   liDni  sknll<,  for  howls. 

Is  (•hani.''ed  in  aspect  iiow  :   no  sa\a;re  \(lls 

i'.fho  on  incninlain  side.-^  or  througli  the  dells. 

The  j»eacet'iil  fields  are  clothed  in  wa\  in;/  trrain, 

.Since  man  's  no  lunger  hy  tiie  savage  slain. 


PICKWACKET.  79 

No  ruin'd  castle  rears  its  lofty  head, 
To  mark  the  burial  of  some  mighty  dead  ; 
No  sculptur'd  index  points  the  rural  way 
Where  slaughter'd  warriors  in  their  armor  lay  ; 
But  tow'ring  granite,  reaching  to  the  skies, 
Block  pil'd  on  block,  up  to  a  mountain  size, 
Shows  where  the  sachem  of  a  giant  band 
Poured  out  his  blood  for  that  hard,  broken  land. 
It  was  the  home  of  Paugus,  fearless,  brave. 
Whose  last  grand  effort  sent  him  to  the  grave  ; 
For  Chamberlain,  New  Hampshire's  early  boast. 
The  theme  of  nurseries  and  festal  toast, 
With  sparkling  eye,  more  brilliant  than  a  rocket. 
Sent  death  to  the  last  chieftain  of  Pickwacket. 

Then  wrapped  in  a  blanket,  with  a  pipe  at  his  side. 

The  trusty  old  quecn's-arm,  too,  that  never  missed  fire  — 
He  was  laid  in  the  earth,  —  of  Pickwacket  the  pride, 
And  the  death-wail  was  sung  by  a  national  choir. 
Pickwacket,  Pickwacket,  how  glorious  of  old. 
When  thy  yearnings  and  hardships  in  legends  arc  told. 

Tall  briars  thrive  around  the  lonely  spot, 
Which  no  true  Indian  hunter  ere  ibrgot ; 
The  ])ilgrim  red  man  from  the  western  sun, 
vStill  seeks  the  mound  where  lies  the  royal  one, 
Whose  out-stretched  arm  kept  back  the  English  foe. 
Till  New  Hampshire's  champion  laid  him  low. 

But  civilization,  with  bonnets  and  cajts, 

And  all  that  belongs  to  domestic  mishaps, 

Has  made  life  as  tame  as  love  in  a  cottjige, 

vSince  beef  is  preferred  to  bean-broth  and  jjottage  ; 

And  the  ladies  now  waltz,  Avhere  squaws,  at  their  ease, 

Hung  up  their  pappooses  in  tops  of  the  trees. 

l^ifkwacket !  —  Pickwacket,  the  land  of  my  birtli, — 
There  is  but  one  Pickwacket  on  the  whole  earth  ; 
IMay  the  deeds  of  thy  heroes  live  long  in  story, 
While  dying  in  battle  is  thought  to  be  glory. 
11 


80  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

REMARKS  OF  HON.  EDMUND  PARKER, 

OF   NASHUA,    N.   H. 

Mr.  President  — 

I  have  been  somewhat  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  fruit,  and, 
in  connection  with  this  great  gathering  of  persons,  who  are  natives 
of  New  Hampshire,  I  have  been  led  to  consider  that  State  as  a 
great  Nursery ;  one  of  the  oldest  in  New  England  ;  and  this 
numerous  collection  of  men,  as  so  many  seedlings  transplanted 
from  that  nursery,  and  now  cultivated  and  growing  in  the  soil  of 
the  Old  Bay  State.  I  apprehend  quite  as  much  success  has 
attended  the  culture  of  trees  and  plants,  from  this  old  nursery,  as 
from  any  other ;  and,  with  3'oar  permission,  I  will  mention  a  few 
instances. 

Near  the  centre  of  the  nursery  there  was  a  tree  o^jjeculiar  growth. 
The  stock  was  good,  but  the  soil  did  not  appear  to  agree  with 
it,  and  it  was  removed  to  another  part  of  the  ground.  There, 
it  did  not  appear  to  be  in  a  congenial  soil,  and  it  was  transplanted 
to  Massachusetts,  and  set  out  where  it  had  ample  room.  It 
grew  rapidly,  and  became  one  of  the  most  magnificent  specimens  in 
the  whole  country,  and  is  now  admitted,  by  cultivators,  throughout 
the  world,  to  be  a  Nonesuch.  (Hon.  Daniel  Webster.)  [Great 
applause.] 

In  the  southerly  part  of  the  nursery,  in  a  hilly  location,  were 
several  trees  of  pretty  fair  growth,  but  not  apparently  differing 
much  from  many  others.  They  bore  good  Apples,  but  nothing 
particular  to  distinguish  the  variety.  They  were  transplanted  to 
Massachusetts,  grew  well,  produced  fine  fruit,  and  in  large  quantity, 
and  proved  to  be  real  Golden  Pipinns.     (Appletons.)     [Cheers.] 

In  the  same  section  of  the  nursery  were  also  found  a  few 
native  stocks,  the  character  of  which  was  not  fully  developed. 
One  of  these,  although  of  handsome  growth,  was,  to  appearance, 
Wilder  than  the  rest.  This  was  selected  and  carried  to  Massa- 
chusetts, where  by  good  cultivation,  it  has  proved  to  be  a  real 
M'jijnum  Bonum.    (Hon.  Marshall  V.  Wilder.)     [Cheers.] 

lu  the  northwesterly  i)art  of  the  nursery  stood  another  tree  of 
fine  robust  habit.  It  bore  considerable  fruit,  but  there  was  some 
dispute   respecting  the  quality.     It   was  at  last   transplanted    to 


THE    ladies'    petition.  81 

Massachusetts  and  turned  out  to  be  a  genuine  BELL-Flower.     (lion. 
Joseph  Bell.     [Applause.] 

Mr.  President,  you  are  in  the  habit  of  doing  business  in  this 
City  by  samples.  In  large  transactions,  you  cannot  be  particular 
in  your  examinations  of  every  lot.  I  must  do  the  same,  as  there 
is  not  time  to  describe  all  the  trees  that  have  been  transplanted 
from  the  old  State.  I  have  presented  you  a  few  specimens,  and 
the  whole  lot  may  be  warranted  equal  to  these  samples,  with  the 
slight  exception,  which  is  made  in  the  sentiment  I  now  offer  you  :  — 

"  Trees  from  the  New  Hampshire  Purser;/,  under  Massachusetts  Cultivation  — 
Crop,  very  abundant ;  Fruit,  generally  large  and  fair,  but  sometimes  a  littlo 
gritty  at  the  core." 

[Cheers.] 

The  following  petition  was  presented  by  the  Chair :  — 

PETITION   OF   THE   LADIES   OF  NEW  HAIMPSHIRE. 

The  Ladies  of  the  "  Granite  State," 

On  you  with  a  "  petition  "  wait ; 

They  beg,  kind  friends,  to  know  at  least, 

Why  they  're  excluded  from  this  feast  ? 

We've  heard  of  various  replies, 

The  real  meaning  to  disguise  ; 

One  tells  us,  "'tis  no  place  to  go," 

But  he  's  a  bachelor,  Ave  know. 

Another  says,  "no  room  for  ladies, 

Where  such  a  general  parade  is  ;  " 

l>ut  then,  \vc  women  quickly  scan. 

This  comes  from  some  grave  married  man. 

And  yet  another,  would  exclude 

Both  wine  and  women  at  his  food  ; 

As  if  the  two  with  sin  were  marr'd. 

And  from  this  feast  should  be  debarr'd  ! 

But  he  who  advocates  this  plan, 

3I(ist.  he  an  ultra  tenq)erance  man. 

And  then  we  'II  mention  other  croakers, 

AVho  sometimes  pass  as  "  witty  jokers  ;" 

These,  of  our  presence,  would  conq)lain, 

Lest  we  some  jolly  wit  restrain. 


82  NEW  HAMPSHIRE   FESTIVAL, 

Perhaps  our  friends  all  may  not  know, 

Why  this  excliisiveness  you  show  ; 

And  so  I  '11  tell  an  anecdote, 

Which  led  to  passing  such  a  vote. 

New  Hampshire  has  a  famous  college, 

Where  many  "  natives  "  gain'd  their  knowledge  ; 

And  once  a  dancing-master  came, 

Who  set  the  students  in  a  flame. 

'T  is  true  they  knew  the  art  complete. 

Of  "shuffling"  in  the  students  seat; 

But  more  of  ease  and  grace,  they  thought. 

Might  "scientifically"  be  taught. 

So  a  "  petition  "  was  demanded, 

And  to  the  Government  soon  handed. 

Stating  the  students  fain  would  know. 

If  they  might  be  allow'd  to  go. 

The  "  Faculty"  were  strongly  mov'd, 
Since  none  of  dancing  then  approv'd ; 
They  weigh'd  the  matter  ;  thought  again  ; 
In  no  set  terms  would  they  complain. 
Each  hesitating  to  bring  in 
That  dancing  was  a  "  heinous  "  sin. 
And  so  they  drew  a  grave  "  Report," 
Which  made  just  then  no  little  sport; 
"  Young  men,"  quoth  Prof  —  (the  learned  gent,) 
"  Since  you  on  dancing  seem  intent. 
With  tliis  proviso^  we  will  grant 
The  privilege  you  so  much  want ; 
But  we  exclude,  by  this  new  rule. 
Ladles  and  music,  from  the  school !  " 

And  so  \yii\'G  fHrni slid  the  rejily, 

Why  you  our  presence  thus  deny ; 

To  e.rrhidc  us,  was  taught  in  college, 

AVith  more  of  the  same  kind  of  knowledge. 

But  let  it  pass  ;  we  love  a  joke, 

And  on  this  head  no  more  would  ci'oak  ; 

AVe  're  oidy  glad  so  wise  you  've  been, 

77iis  day,  to  let  the  music  in  ! 


DR.   durkee's  speech.  83 


SPEECH   OF  DR.   SILAS  DURKEE. 

Mr,  President  — 

I  cannot  allow  this  fraternal  meeting  to  pass  away  without  en- 
deavoring to  contribute  my  mite  to  the  interest  of  the  occasion,  for 
I  was  born  among  the  granite  mountains.  My  grandfather  re- 
moved from  Lebanon  Crank,  in  Connecticut,  to  the  town  of  Hano- 
ver, about  the  time  the  elder  AVheelock  did,  nearly  one  hundred 
years  ago.  Peradventure  the  equipage  for  his  journey  consisted 
of  a  good  yoke  of  oxen  and  a  new  cart,  w^hich,  I  suppose,  contained 
the  ark  of  all  his  hopes.  He  was  one  of  the  men  who  assisted  in 
prepai'ing  the  timbers  for  the  first  edifice  of  Dartmouth  College. 
At  the  time  my  father  was  fitting  for  College,  the  Revolutionary 
"War  prevailed,  and  seemed  to  demand  his  services  ;  and  he  relin- 
quished the  idea  of  a  College  life,  and  entered  the  American  army 
at  the  age  of  seventeen  years.  lie  continued  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duties,  as  a  private  soldier,  until  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne.  In 
due  time,  he  returned  again  to  Hanover,  where  he  settled  and  spent 
the  rest  of  his  life.  He  died  about  three  years  ago,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-five.  And  now  that  he  has  gone  hence,  allow  me  to  say,  in 
filial  remembrance  of  him,  that  the  spirit  of  '76,  which  sprang  up 
in  his  youthful  breast,  continued  to  glow  with  unabated  ardor  to 
the  last  conscious  hour  of  his  existence.     ["  Hear,  hear."] 

Among  my  earliest  recollections,  I  remember  that  my  father  was 
accustomed  to  impress  upon  the  minds  of  his  children,  that  the 
"Wheelocks  were  amon;^;  the  most  learned  and  worthv  men  that  ever 
lived  in  Xcw  England  ;  that  the  College  was  one  of  the  best  extant ; 
and  that  the  students  who  graduated  there,  turned  out  to  be  the 
greatest  divines,  and  the  greatest  lawyers,  and  judges,  and  states- 
men in  America;  and  that  New  Hampshire,  take  it  all  in  all,  Avas 
one  of  the  best  States  among  the  whole  original  thirteen.  And  I 
am  happy  to  say,  Mr.  President,  that  time  and  observation  have 
confirmed  to  my  mind  the  general  truth  of  these  opinions.  [A[)- 
pluusc.] 

New  Ilampsliire,  it  is  true,  has  got  a  hard  name  in  consequence 
of  the  bold  and  rugged  contour  of  her  geographical  features  ;  but 
those  mountains  that  uplift  their  naked  heads  among  the  clouds. 


84  NEW   HAMPSHIRE   FESTIVAL. 

and  display  a  grandeur  and  sublimity  unequalled  on  this  continent, 
contribute  to  the  formation  of  a  durable  soil ;  and  her  queen  of 
lakes,  adorned  Avith  more  than  three  hundred  islands,  resting  like 
so  many  gems  upon  its  tranquil  bosom,  is  unsurpassed  in  beauty, 
and  has,  at  last,  been  converted  into  a  channel  of  commercial  enter- 
prise and  activity. 

Nor  must  we  forget  her  snow  banks,  with  their  perpetual  cliarter, 
and  their  unfailing  annual  dividends,  distributed,  like  the  celestial 
manna,  before  every  man's  door,  and  upon  every  field  and  forest, 
and  designed,  like  that,  for  the  sustenance  of  life.  It  may  be 
thought  that  I  use  the  language  of  hyperbole  in  attributing  such 
virtues  to  the  snow  banks  of  New  Hampshire.  Perhaps  I  do: 
nevertheless,  I  must  say  that,  in  my  opinion,  they  are  the  best 
banks  that  State  ever  had,  for  they  can  always  be  depended  upon, 
and  they  are  always  ready  to  discount.      [Cheers.] 

And  then  the  climate  !  Cold,  and  bleak,  and  capricious  as  it  is, 
yet,  in  regard  to  salubrity,  it  may  safely  challenge  a  comparison 
with  any  other  on  the  face  of  the  earth.  And  "  the  Old  Man 
of  the  Mountain,"  Avith  his  sedate  profile,  may  be  looked  upon 
as  an  apt  symbol  of  the  longevity  of  the  neighboring  population. 
Indeed,  the  bills  of  mortality  for  the  famous  toAvn  of  Franconia, 
show  that,  for  length  of  life  granted  to  its  inhabitants,  it  is  a  notch 
higher  than  any  other  town  in  New  England.  That  mysterious 
disease,  Avhich,  like  the  besom  of  destruction,  has  just  finished  its 
career  through  the  land  for  the  second  time,  has  never  touched 
the  borders  of  the  Granite  State  with  its  desolating  wing.  ["  True  ! 
true  !  "] 

But  the  capabilities  of  New  Hampshire,  like  those  of  every  other 
district  of  country,  to  support  life,  and  to  provide  for  the  wants  of 
an  increasing  population,  have  their  limits ;  and  I  dare  say  that  if 
none  of  her  people  had  ever  emigrated,  she  would  have  had 
upon  her  a  burden  greater  than  she  could  have  borne.  Some  of 
them  might  have  been  exposed  upon  the  sterile  mountains,  and 
might  have  been  compelled  to  embrace  the  very  rocks  for  want  of 
a  shelter,  and  to  cut  u})  juniper  roots  for  meat.  vVnd  thus  it  may 
be  said  with  truth,  that  we  (juit  our  country  for  our  country's 
good,  as  well  as  for  our  own;  quod  erat  demonstrandam^  Mr. 
President. 


DR.  durkee's  speech.  85 

I  have  spoken  of  the  healthfulness  of  the  climate  ;  but  we  could 
not  live  on  air  alone,  and  we  came  here  that  we  might  get  some  ot 
the  clams  and  codfish  of  Massachusetts  Bay ;  we  came,  not  that 
we  loved  New  Hampshire  less,  but  the  Bay  State  more.  [Ap- 
plause.] 

Captain  John  Smith  was  doubtless  a  man  of  large  comprehension 
and  forecast ;  and  when  he  surveyed  New  Hampshire  in  1614,  or 
thereabouts,  he  probably  intended  it  as  a  nursery  to  Massachusetts, 
and  designed  that  a  portion  of  its  increase  should,  from  time  to 
time,  be  transplanted  into  Massachusetts  soil  ;  and,  therefore,  it  is 
that  instead  of  now  occupying  the  granite  hills,  we  find  ourselves 
dwellers  in  and  about  this  goodly  tri-mountain  city.  New  Hamp- 
shire was  once  a  part  and  parcel  of  Massachusetts,  bone  of  her 
bone,  and  flesh  of  her  flesh ;  so  that,  in  removing  from  New  Hamp- 
shire to  Massachusetts,  we  have  merely  left  our  mother,  (we  have 
left  her  in  good  hands,  Mr.  President,)  and  we  have  come  here  to 
help  take  care  of  our  grandmother,  and  to  have  her  help  take  care 
of  us.     [Great  applause.] 

Before  closing,  I.  desire  to  give  expression  to  the  gratitude  I  feel 
towards  the  chief  Executive  of  the  city  for  his  presence,  and  his 
speech  on  this  occasion.  We  cannot  but  appreciate  the  noble  and 
generous  sentiments  to  which  he  has  given  utterance  in  regard  to 
the  State  that  gave  us  birth  ;  and,  I  am  sure  he  will  find,  in  the 
sons  of  his  adoption  from  that  State,  a  constant  readiness  to  co-ope- 
rate with  hiui  in  the  promotion  of  every  work  which  sliall  serve  to 
perpetuate  to  this  city  of  the  Pilgrims  the  savor  of  a  good  name, 
until  men,  and  States,  and  cities  shall  cease  to  be.  ["Hear! 
hear!!"] 

A  sentiment  in  behalf  of  New  Hampshire  and  I  have  done. 

Our  Kat'we  State.  —  From  Strawberry  Bank,  ou  tlic  Piscatacjua,  to  her  family 
of  mountiiins  in  the  Ujiper  Coos:  Coeval  with  these  emblems  of  her  stability, 
be  the  honor  which  her  sons  shall  ever  delight  to  bestow  upon  her. 

[Cheers.] 


86  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 


RE^IAKKS   OF  FREDERICK  EilERSON. 

At  this  late  hour,  ^Ir.  President,  I  will  not  venture  upon  any 
such  extent  of  remarks,  as  might  be  called  a  speech.  I  came.  Sir, 
from  Timher-lane,  now  the  town  of  Hampstcad.  Perhaps  the 
original  name  arose  from  the  fact,  that  the  place  produced  tall  trees 
and  tall  boys  ;  [  laughter.  !Mr.  Emerson  is  about  six  feet  two  ;] 
just  opposite  the  place  where  Dr.  Smith  came  from.  [Applause.] 
It  was  there  a  very  common  course  of  business,  for  a  young  man,  to 
break  a  colt,  own  a  horse,  and  keep  a  school.  I  early  engaged  to 
do  the  latter. 

[Mr.  Emerson  proceeded  to  tell  an  amusing  story,  of  passing 
through  Chester,  to  go  eighteen  miles  over  a  turnpike  in  the  woods, 
on  a  moonlight  night,  to  keep  his  engagement  for  the  commencement 
of  a  school.  When  about  half  way,  he  broke  a  stirrup  and  got  un- 
horsed. After  refitting  and  remounting,  he  unwittingly  took  a  back 
track,  and,  towards  morning,  much  to  his  surprise,  reached  the  village 
of  Chester,  from  which  he  had  started  the  evening  before.  After  de- 
taihng  the  story,  Mr.  Emerson  concluded  his  remarks  as  follows:] 

But,  Mr.  President,  the  occasion  on  which  we  have  met,  brings 
up  to  the  mind  other  scenes,  and  other  events,  than  those  which 
are  merely  amusing  or  ludicrous.  Wc  have,  this  evening,  together, 
turned  our  eyes  back  upon  the  places  that  knew  us  in  our  infancy 
and  youth.  To  us.  New  Hampshire  presents  something  other  than 
her  Crranite  Hills  ;  yes,  Sir,  and  something  more  interesting  even, 
than  the  grassy  vales,  or  the  pearly  brooks,  or  the  silvery  water- 
sheets,  that  are  associated  with  the  pastime  of  our  early  days. 
Dearer  to  us  still,  than  the  imagery  of  those  briglit  scenes,  is  the 
memory  of  the  friends  that  we  first  loved  ;  those  who  nurtured  us 
in  infancy,  who  guided  us  in  youth,  who  opened  to  us  the  avenues 
of  knowledge,  who  warned  us  of  the  miseries  of  vice,  and  presented 
to  us  the  inducements  of  virtue,  and  who  viade  us  what  we  are. 
Perhaps  they  still  live,  to  greet  our  occasional  returns  to  tlic  paternal 
home  ;  or,  perhaps  we  have  been  called  to  commit  tlicm  to  the 
silent  bosom  of  the  earth.  Be  that  as  it  may,  our  relation  to  them 
is  sacred,  and  while  the  power  of  thought  shall  endure,  the  memory 
of  their  kindness  will  abide. 


MR.  Kent's  poem.  87 


"THE   OLD  GRANITE   STATE." 

BY    GEOKGE    KENT. 

"When  our  old  State  was  new, 

Now,  some  two  hundred  years, 
The  people  were  but  few, 

As  by  story  plain  appears ; 
But  the  folks  were  real  gritty. 

As  all  our  records  show ; 
Though  they  'd  neither  town  nor  city 

Two  hundred  yeai's  ago. 

Their  rocks  were  truest  granite, 

Their  hills  of  mountain  size. 
The  soil,  none  nobler  man  it 

Beneath  more  genial  skies ; 
The  red  man  soon  knock'd  under, 

And  the  knocking  was  n't  sIoav, 
It  was  real  Yankee  thunder 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

The  moose  brows'd  o'er  the  mountain, 

The  wolf  prowl'd  through  the  dell. 
The  wild  deer  sought  the  fountain. 

And  the  bear  his  wintry  cell ; 
The  salmon  leap'd  the  water-fall, 

And,  with  shad,  were  "  all  the  go  ; " 
So   plenty,  that  they  'd  come  at  call 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

The  times  have  strangely  alter'd. 

Since  our  history  began. 
But  Old  Time  has  never  falter'd 

In  re-producing  man ; 
And  the  product  has  been  glorious, 

As  every  age  will  show ; 
Though  things  were  less  uproarious 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 
12 


88  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

"We'd  then  no  Constitution, 

To  call  for  our  defence; 
But  our  sires  had  resolution, 

And  good,  plain,  common  sense. 
Our  "expounders"  were  X  poundei's, 

When  our  fathers  met  the  foe. 
Their  sons  ne'er  shame  the  founders 

Of  two  hundred  years  ago. 

Smith  was  the  first  discoverer, 

And  his  christian  name  was  John  ; 
"A  few  more  left"  still  hover  here, 

And  the  race  goes  bravely  on. 
•  But  be  the  names  whate'er  they  may 

Our  chronicles  can  show. 
Our  heraldry  began  its  day 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

We  ask  no  kingly  title, 

Nor  royal  pomp  or  fame ; 
We  're  Granite  freemen,  spite  all 

Our  humbleness  of  name ; 
For  names  are  breath,  and  whether  styl'd 

Jack,  Jonathan,  or  Joe, 
We've  grown  to  manhood,  from  the  child 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

We'd  true  New  England  mothers, 

To  give  us  a  fair  start, 
Who'd  compare  with  any  others 

In  the  skill  to  make  us  smart. 
With  our  fathers  we  '11  not  quarrel  ; 

As  to  /)«'  we're  not  below  ; 
Though  the  birch  usurped  the  laurel 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

We  mi'f/ht  talk  of  our  Sullivans, 

Our  Wentworths,  Weares,  and  Starks, 

AVith  the  diamond  point  of  honor's  pen 
Grave  deep  our  Granite  marks; 


MR.  Kent's  poem.  89 

Of  McCIary,  Colburn,  Cilley, 

"With  Reed  and  Bellows  we  might  blow, 
And  might  Miller  and  McNiel  ye, 

Since  two  hundred  years  ago. 

Of  Smiths,  "Waldrons,  Wingates,  tell, 

Cutts,  Walkers,  Thorntons,  count, 
Our  Gilmans,  Langdons,  Bartletts,  swell. 

With  Hales,  the  fair  amount  ; 
Our  Websters  fam'd  beyond  all  praise, 

Our  Bells,  who  'd  not  ring  slow, 
Cass,  Dearborns,  Woodbury,  since  the  days 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

Well  rul'd  has  been  Xew  Hampshire 

By  Governors  of  State  ; 
With  others  nam'd,  of  natives 

We  prize  at  no  mean  rate. 
Are  Morril,  Harvey,  Badger, 

Page,  Hubbard,  Colby,  too. 
And  Dinsmoors,  of  true  modest  worth, 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

But  away  Avith  all  this  pother. 

As  brilliant  as  they  beam, 
Our  kind  though  Granite  mother 

Sends  forth  a  constant  stream  ; 
A  good  State  for  departure, 

First  rate  in  which  to  grow, 
She  commenced  a  glorious  starter 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

The  ball  is  still  in  motion, 

The  car  on  railroad  track, 
And  we  cherish  a  cute  notion 

Thiit  no  train  will  put  us  back  ; 
But,  Avhere'er  our  lot  be  cast, 

Affection  is  not  slow 
Proudly  to  look  through  all  her  i)ast, 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 


90  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Wlien  our  old  State  was  new, 

Our  learning  was  but  small, 
With  the  masters  very  few, 

And  scarce  mistresses  at  all ; 
"  Young  ideas  "  were  taught  "  to  shoot " 

But  at  Indians,  bears,  and  so, 
With  little  foretaste  of  such  fruit 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

For  now  our  schools  are  plenty. 

Our  learning  quite  profound. 
And,  before  we're  one-and-twenty. 

We  have  almost  run  aground ; 
Into  Hebrew  roots  and  particles 

With  no  distrust  we  go, 
And  amaze,  with  the  Greek  articles, 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

We  have  now  a  thrifty  College, 

Sprung  from  an  Indian  School, 
Where  every  branch  of  knowledge 

Is  taught  by  line  and  rule ; 
It  well  is  Lord-ed  over. 

With  Professors  quite  a  row. 
And  scholars  thick  as  clover, 

Since  tvit)  hundred  years  ago. 

In  retrospect  we  see 

Brown's  manly  mien  and  form, 
In  aspect  mild,  with  energy. 

Presiding  o'er  the  storm. 
Our  peaceful  times  present 

A  fair  array  to  view  ; 
Haddock,  C'liase,  Crosby,  Sanborn,  Young, 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

When  our  old  State  was  new, 
Some  magic  cliarms  Avere  known, 

Of  witches  we  '«1  a  few, 

Tlieir  power  long  since  o'ertlirown  ; 


MR.  KENT'S   POEM.  91 

We  still  have  incantations, 

Which  into  song  they  throw, 
And  more  witching  conjumtions 

Than  two  hundred  years  ago. 

Our  Ilutchinsons  and  Bakers, 

Our  Rogers's  and  so, 
Might  make  demurest  Quakers 

Trip  on  fantastic  toe ; 
Their  strains  are  sweetest  melody, 

Their  songs  to  nature  true. 
No  such  enchantment  rul'd  the  hour 

When  our  old  State  was  new. 

To  help  along  the  magic. 

And  scatter  it  world-wide, 
For  the  man  most  instrumental 

We  need  n't  turn  aside ; 
Nor  be  chaffering  and  dickering 

To  point  him  out  to  view, 
For  we  boast  but  of  o)te  Chickering, 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

The  prophet-smitten  rock 

Yielded  a  flowing  stream. 
From  Granite  rocks,  if  rightly  struck, 

"  A  muse  of  fire  "  will  beam ; 
The  art  divine  of  poetry 

Has  votaries  not  a  few, 
Granite  nor  ice  could  circumscribe, 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

With  one  of  our  fair  Fields 

No  favor  need  we  claim. 
We  're  Jfale  enough,  in  goodly  song, 

To  sound  our  trump  of  fame ; 
With  Wilcox,  Carter,  Fcssenden, 

Our  Peabodys  we  '11  f^how, 
Stark,  Fox,  French,   Barnes,  and  Daniels,  since 

Two  lumch'pd  years  :\^o. 


92  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Nor,  of  writers,  will  our  Rogers, 

Neal  or  Kelly,  be  forgot, 
Nor  our  Haven's  "  English  undefiled," 

No  line  he  'd,  dying,  blot ; 
Nor  Kittredge,  "  Temperance  pioneer," 

Plumer,  to  letters  true, 
Nor  Knapp  and  others,  earlier  fam'd. 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

While  proudly  thus  inclined 

Our  "  Granite  State  "  to  show. 
Our  Carrigain  comes  fresh  to  mind. 

To  whom  the  name  we  owe ; 
Nor  from  memory  will  our  authors, 

Upham,  Hale,  be  lost  to  view, 
Moore,  Barstow,  Adams,  Emersons, 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

When  our  old  State  was  new, 

The  human  face  divine 
Was  pictur'd  out  in  profile  cuts, 

Lampblack  or  charcoal  line; 
A  prima  facie  case 

Was  scarce  shown  up  to  view, 
Of  likeness  fair,  of  man  or  beast, 

When  our  old  State  was  new. 

To  face  the  fairest  forms 

Our  Hoit  now  needn't  fear, 
Nor  Champney  yield  the  palm  to  aught 

In  panoramic  sphere; 
No  underwriting  now  we  need. 

The  thing  designed  to  show. 
Our  ])ictures  speak,  in  lines  untraced 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

When  our  old  State  was  new, 
No  Railroads  then  were  seen, 

Of  rail-rides  there  were  few, 
Though  light  estcem'd,  I  ween  ; 


MR.    KENT  S    I'OEM. 

But  now  we  'steam  them  high, 
The  roads,  not  rides,  I  trow, 

To  rearward  leave,  without  a  sigh, 
Two  hundred  years  ago. 

When  our  old  State  was  new. 

Where  water-falls  abound, 
Few  wheels,  save  Time's,  to  view. 

Went  glibly  rolling  round ; 
The  distatF  and  the  spinning  wheel 

Their  handiwork  could  show. 
But  no  Factory's  majestic  reel, 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

Now,  villages  abound. 

And  cities  spring  to  view, 
Where  scarce  the  advent'roua  Indian 

Paddled  his  light  canoe ; 
Huge  palaces  are  teeming 

With  bustle,  life,  and  show, 
And  "the  tallest  kind"  of  steaming. 

Since  two  hundred  years  ago. 

Our  Commerce,  small  at  best, 

lias  grown  with  fair  increase. 
No  nobler  place  of  rest 

Opens  her  port  of  peace; 
Her  white-wing'd  sails  outspreading. 

She  stems  old  Ocean's  How, 
With  no  wintry  pilgrim-dreading 

Of  two  hundred  years  ago. 

With  Havens,  such  as  Portsmouth, 

Gutters,   and  Ladds  to  reef, 
She  well  might  Ocean's    Good-win, 

And  be  pronounc'd  cap-Shenfe  ; 
Witli  Rices,  Rollins,  Jenness's, 

Coues,  ITphams  she  could  sliow, 
Honoring,  in  slow  but  solid  growth. 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 


93 


94  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

Our  farming  has  grown  ranker 

Than  any  other  craft, 
With  Nature  for  a  banker, 

To  honor  every  draft; 
Whate'er  turns  up,  his  free  soil  yields 

The  Farmer  a  rich  flow 
Of  blessings,  vouch'd  to  cultur'd  fields 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

No  Banks  were  once  the  rage. 

Save  banks  of  new-found-land ; 
'T  was  then  the  iron  age, 

With  no  spare  cash  in  hand ; 
'Tis  now  the  age  o(  promise, 

As  current  bills  will  show, 
We'd  no  such  ready  commerce 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

No  Merchants  once  abounded 

AVith  foreign  fashions  rare, 
Then  every  lady's  gown  did 

A  homespun  semblance  wear ; 
But  now  we're  grown  so  toj)ping, 

Expos'd  so  much  to  view, 
Our  ladies  have  learn'd  shopping. 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

If  ladies  must  go  shopping. 

And  have  their  own  sweet  wills, 
We  can't  oppose  their  stopping 

And  dealing  fair  at  Hill's ; 
If  any  rather  choose 

A  place  of  little  show, 
Few  goods  were  found  like  Molineux't 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

We  here  have  lirst-rate  merchants, 
Of  good  New  Hampshire  ^^tock, 

Our  Appletons  are  truest  chips 
Of  the  old  Granite  block  ; 


MR.  Kent's  poem.  95 

We've  some  who  tempt  the  raging  main, 

Whose  ships  are  never  slow, 
And  things  are  in  a  better   Train 

Than  two  hundred  years  ago. 

None  have  the  fairer  Means, 

Fitted  for  any  age  ; 
Though    Wilder  grown  in  bold  emprise, 

We  learn  from  every  Paige, 
If,  to  account  for  our  success, 

Conjecture  should  be  slow, 
We'll  point  to  scions  from  the  germ 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

When  our  old  State  was  new 

Taverns  were  somewhat  rude, 
In  number  far  between  and  few, 

And  scant  of  rest  and  food ; 
Tavern  was  kept,  and  nothing  else, 

As  travellers  well  know, 
The  inns  were  outs,  with  sky  in  view, 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

Of  our  Inns  we  now  are  proud. 

For  tltey  lead  us  to  compare 
The  gorgeousness  of  present  days 

AVith  past  things  as  they  were ; 
Our  Stevens,  Watson,  Chamberlain, 

A  thing  or  two  could  show, 
Gage,  Russell,  Crockett,  wonder  raise 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

Of  Architects  of  fame. 

Whose  piaise  may  well  be  sung. 
New   IIanii)shire  sure  may  claiin 

A  veteran,  though    Voxikj  ; 
Green  Mountains,  and  the.  I5ay   State, 

His  works  in  granite  sliow. 
Eclipsing  lordly  castles 

Two  hundred  years  ago, 

13 


96  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Not  forgotten  are  our  Washburns, 

Neal  nor  Bryant  out  of  mind, 
In  Smith,  Crooker,  Marshall,  Abell, 

We  the  builder's  genius  find ; 
Some  may  lead  us  to  Revere, 

All  the  artisan  can  show. 
And  astonish  all  the  natives 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

Some  folks  now  steam  it  high, 

And  burst  in  time  their  boiler, 
Their  very  steam  and  water-works 

Become  the  veriest  riler ; 
Our  Walworth  fits  you  to  a  T, 

With  engines  high  and  low. 
And  apparatus,  never  dream'd 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

Our  hats  were  scarcely  felt, 

Or  only  coarsest  nap, 
Save  when  a  hapless  beaver 

Got  snar'd  in  hunter's  trap  ; 
But  castors  now,  of  comeliest  kind, 

Shute,  Leavitt,  Cook,  can  show, 
Towne,  Kendrick,  which  you  'd  never  find 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

Cordwainers  once  were  cobblers. 

In  "  times  that  tried  men's  souls," 
Such  name  could  not  last  always, 

As  the  car  of  progress  rolls  ; 
So,  with  better  vnderstandinri 

Of  all  their  ends  in  view, 
Th(>y  now  are  "  Fashion's  boot-makers," 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

IIair-dres?('rs  were  but  barbers, 
Or  pprrH(/uicrs,  tbougli  smart, 

They  now  are  styl'd  "  Professors 
Of  the  tonsoriul  art." 


MR.  Kent's  poem.  97 

Less  skill 's  requir'd  than  was  of  yore, 

As  modern  heads  will  show, 
Our  grand  sires  were  "  hairs  slicker " 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

No  Printers  once  were  seen ; 

The  only  "black  art"  known 
Was  witches'  cabalistic  mien, 

And  wizards'  croaking  moan ; 
The  column  now  runs  over, 

With  cases  fair  to  view 
Where  Typos  live  in  clover, 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

While  few  are  fortune's  reapers, 

And  many  closely  pressed, 
Our   Greene  ones,  and  our  Sleepers, 

Would  seem  most  richly  blest ; 
A  Greeley  has  his  competence, 

And  Boylston,  coins  a  few. 
And  Kendall,  lots  of  picayunes, 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

Of  first-rate  Book  establishments. 

New  Hampshire  proudly  yields, 
Our  taste  is  doubly  gratified 

In   Ticknor,  Reed,  and  Fields ; 
We've  Wilkins,  Crosby,  Whittemore, 

French,  Brodhead,  Dow  &  Co., 
With  Tewksbury,  our  minds  to  store, 

Since  two  hundred  years  ago. 

No  Lawyers  once  were  known, 

For  strife  had  not  begun, 
Years  saw  the  same  dull  tone, 

While  there  was  scarcely  one ; 
Hundreds  now  make  their  entry, 

"John  Doe  and  Richard  Roe," 
With  cause  of  quarrels  plenty. 

Since  two  hundred  years  ago. 


98  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Our  Livermores  and  Ilichardsons, 

Our  Parkers,  Olcotts,  West, 
Steeles,  Gordon,  Atkinsons,  with  scores, 

Tedious  to  be  express'd ; 
Our  Farrars,  Pierces,  Athertons, 

Vose,  Wilsons,  Parleys,  too, 
With  others  nam'd,  adorn  the  law. 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

As  further  ground  of  boasting, 

The  thing  is  very  plain. 
We've  furnish'd  Clifford,  AVells,  Kent,  Orr, 

All  good  men,  in  the  Maine ; 
With  Emery,  Kelleys,  Smith,  McGaws, 

Hodgdon,  Ilunton,  and  Rowe, 
And  others  keen  and  Cutting,  since 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

To  the  great  Empire  State, 

If  any  will  remark  her. 
We've  furnish'd  Robinson  and  Ilahies, 

And  Gardiner  and  Barker ; 
Dix,  Patterson,  and  Wheeler, 

Walker  and  Kimball,  too, 
With  Willard,  Storrs,  McConihe, 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

Nearer  at  hand  we  look, 

But  hardly  dare  to  name. 
And  see  enroll'd,  on  Boston  book, 

Many  well  known  to  fame ; 
The  gift  of  tongues  they  surely  have, 

To  use  them  are  not  slow. 
Are  here  to  answer,  not  so  those 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

No  Doctors  once  gave  physic, 
As  now  the  doctor's  trade  is, 

Then  gout,  and  rheum,  and  phthisic, 
Were  cur'd  by  good  old  ladies; 


MR.   KENT'S  POEM.  99 

Wc  've  now  M.D.'s  abundant, 

With  work  enough  to  do, 
And  potions  most  redundant, 

Since  our  old  State  was  new. 

What  matters  some  are  fussy, 

And  voted  quite  a  bore  ? 
While  we,  Twitchell,  Smiths  and  Mussey, 

And  many  Doctors  Moore, 
With  Kimball,  Peaslee,  Crosbys, 

Gould,  Durkee,  Upham,  show, 
Life-insurance  is  far  cheaper 

Than  two  hundred  years  ago. 

Of  our  Clergy  we  are  boastful, 

For  their  learning,  worth,  and  parts, 
In  their  ranks  there  is  a  host  full 

Of  true  and  manly  hearts ; 
We  had  Buckminster  and  Appleton, 

Still  have  Peabody  and  Stow, 
Had  Payson,  Woods,  and  Worcesters, 

Since  two  hundred  years  ago. 

Past  days  we  set  our  face  on 

In  Eaton's  upright  mien, 
Both  in  Abbot  and  in  Mason, 

Might  an  honor'd  sire  be  seen ; 
Our  Churches  stand  aspiring, 

Where  conventicles  stood  low, 
Our  souls  with  zeal  scarce  firing 

Of  two  hundred  years  ago. 

Still,  better  times  are  coming, 

And  are  hastening  every  year, 
When,  with  Industry's  full  humming, 

Rich  Plenty  shall  appear; 
When  Slavery  shall  be  ended. 

The  oppressor's  power  brought  low, 
And  old  errors  be  amended 

Of  two  hundred  years  ago. 


100  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

When  Religion  shall  be  founded 

In  peace,  and  truth,  and  love, 
And  every  platform  grounded 

On  Wisdom  from  above; 
When  the  tidings  of  salvation 

Through  every  land  shall  flow, 
The  triumph  of  our  fathers*  faith 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 

Sons  of  the  Granite  border, 

In  a  glorious  sister  State, 
Here  institute  an  Order, 

Time  shall  commemorate, 
Of  Brothers  link'd  in  union 

To  New  Hampshire's  weal  or  woe, 
Worthy  our  Sires'  communion 

Two  hundred  years  ago. 


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:■// 


SENTIMENTS. 


By  a  Guest : 

Nexo  Hampshire  !  —  The  valor  of  her  sons  in  War ;  her  Miller  and  McNiel 
inscribed  it  with  their  swords  on  the  enduring  column  of  her  Military  fame, 
at  the  hard-fought  fields  of  Chippewa,  Lundy's  Lane,  and  Erie. 

The  following  is  Gen.  McNiel's  reply :  — 

3Ir.  President  and  Fellow  Citizens  — 

I  cannot,  in  words,  respond  to  the  sentiment  so  personally  com- 
plimentary to  myself;  and,  I  am  constrained  to  confess  my  utter 
inability  to  express,  in  becoming  terms,  my  gratitude  for  the  honora- 
ble notice  you  have  been  pleased  to  extend  towards  me. 

While  I  leave  it  to  other  and  abler  tongues,  to  speak  of  the  civil 
fame  of  our  native  State,  it  will  be  permitted  to  me  to  advert  to 
the  valor  of  her  sons,  who,  I  am  proud  to  say,  have  trod  with  me 
the  fields  of  War,  and  who  contributed  to  preserve  that  reputation 
for  military  prowess,  which  she  gained  in  the  days  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. To  the  brave  sons  of  New  Hampshire,  whom  I  had  the  for- 
tune to  command  in  the  second  War  for  Independence,  belongs  the 
merit  which  is  but  too  often  bestowed  upon  their  leaders.  My  own 
experience  has  taught  me,  that  New  Hampshire  troops  are  unsur- 
passed in  the  field  for  valor  and  patriotism,  and,  I  may  add,  for  that 
enduring  courage,  without  which  the  bravest  of  leaders  could  rarely 
succeed.  If,  with  such  men,  victory  perched  on  our  banners,  to 
them  is  due  the  glory  of  deeds,  which  leaders  could  not  have 
achieved  without  the  moral  inspiration  of  tlicir  followers  ;  and  let 
me  say  that,  a  New  Hampshire  soldier,  with  the  watchword  of 
Stark  in  his  car,  Avill  follow  where  any  dares  to  lead. 


^s-^ 


102  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

If,  Fellow  Citizens,  I  rendered  in  other  days  any  service  to  my 
country  in  the  hour  of  her  peril,  I  can  only  say,  that  I  endeavored 
to  do  my  duty,  and  the  consciousness  of  the  act  bears  its  recom- 
pense along  with  it.  I  thank  you,  citizens  of  my  native  State,  for 
your  kindly  notice  of  me,  on  this  occasion  of  common  union,  broth- 
erhood, and  spirit.     Permit  me  to  propose  : 

New  Hampshire  !  —  !May  her  sons,  wherever  they  may  be,  transfuse  their  at- 
tachment to  their  native  State  into  the  common  store  of  American  j)atriotism  ; 
they  will  not  love  New  Hampshire  less,  because  they  love  the  Union  more. 

By  Isaac  Parker,  of  Boston  : 

Our  good  Mother,  Afassachusefts ! —  She  is  a  pattern  for  all  step-Mothers  and 
foster-Mothers.  She  makes  no  difference  between  her  own  children,  and  the 
children  of  her  adoption. 

By  Jonas  Chickering : 

The  City  of  Boston  ! — The  great  work-shop  where  the  sons  of  New  Hamp- 
shire come  to  serve  their  Apprenticeship,  and,  in  serving,  make  themselves  so 
useful  that  they  arc  all  admitted  partners  of  the  concern. 

By  Mr.  Batchelder : 

New  Hampshire  and  California  !  —  One  furnishing  the  country  and  the  world 
with  Mines  of  Gold  ;  the  other  with  Golden  Minds. 

By  George  Kent: 

A  Free  Press  !  —  The  grand  battery  which  justifies  its  form  to  the  world, 
and  gives  yood  proof  of  its  work  in  its  columns  of  defence  of  the  citadel  of 
Liberty. 

By  Hon.  John  11.  "Wilkins  : 

Tlte  City  of  Boston!  —  Liberal  in  principle,  generous  in  practice.  Though 
sons  of  New  llanijishire,  we  will  not  be  out-done  by  her  native  children,  in  the 
watchfulness  witli  which  we  will  guard  her  honor,  or  the  7.eal  and  industry  with 
which  we  will  labor  fur  her  welfare. 

By  Dr.  J.  Y.  C.  Smith : 

Tlie  Memory  of  our  hardy,  brace,  industrious  Ancestors  I — Tiicy  introduced 
civilization,  subducxl  the  forests,  and  uiibouiul  the  sterile  soil  of  New  Hampshire. 
May  wo  imitate  their  virtues,  honesty,  and  j)atri()tism,  that  we  may  live  as  they 
ilid,  resptictcd,  that  we  may  die  like  tliem,  lamented. 


MRS.  halb's  poem.  103 

By  David  Bryant : 

The  Daughters  of  New  Hampshire  !  —  Pretty  and  affable  companions,  loving 
and  frugal  wives,  careful  and  intelligent  mothers,  courteous  and  sedate  matrons. 

By  Rev.  Dr.  Baron  Stow : 

Mrs.  Sarah  Josepha  Hale !  —  A  gem  from  the  primitive  rock  of  our  na- 
tive State,  worthily  set  in  the  coronet  of  a  Nation's  literature. 

The  Association  was  favored  with  the  following  Lines  by  Mrs. 
Sarah  J.  Hale. 

OUR  GRANITE  HILLS. 

"IHAKKS  BE  TO   GOD   FOR  THE  MOUNTAINS." 

What  glowing  thoughts,  what  glorious  themes 

To  mountain  tops  belong ! 
The  Law,  from  Sinai's  summit  came, 

From  Sion,  sacred  song : 
And  Genius  on  Parnassian  heights 

His  banner  first  unfurled  ; 
And  from  the  seven-hilled  City  waved 
The  sword  that  swayed  the  world. 

Then  let  us  raise  the  hymn  of  praise, 

To  us  the  hills  were  given ; 

And  mountain-tops  are  altars  set 

To  lift  the  soul  to  heaven! 

Though  Europe's  plains  are  crushed  with  chains, 

As  every  tyrant  wills, 
Yet  freedom's  light  is  Hashing  bright 

Along  Helvetia's  Hills  ; 
And  should  our  eagle  stoop  his  wing 

O'er  prairie,  plain,  or  sea. 
Mount  Washington  an  eyry  holds 
Of  deathless  Liberty  ! 

Then  let  us  raise  the  song  of  praise, 

To  us  the  heights  were  given, 
Our  Granite  Hills  are  Altars  still 

To  lift  our  hopes  to  Heaven. 
14 


104  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

Bj  Dr.  Stone  : 

New  Hampshire's  Productive  Power  !  —  England  boasts  of  licr  flourishing 
gardens,  and  our  Southern  States  are  proud  of  their  extensive  plantations ; 
but  we  have  cultivated  Fields  superior  to  them  all. 

Loud  calls  being  made  for  Mr.  Fields  from  all  parts  of  the  Hall, 
he  responded  as  follows :  — 

POEM  BY  JMIES  T.  FIELDS. 

Mr.  President  — 

I  must  beg  an  excuse,  Sir,  from  making  a  speech  ; 

As  to  handing  round  toasts,  that 's  quite  out  of  my  reach  ; 

A  sHght  knack  at  rhyming,  a  few  hints  of  verse, 

That  were  picked  up  in  boyhood,  (I  might  have  done  worse,) 

Have  served  me  on  other  occasions  to  shirk, 

As  we  say  in  New  Hampshire,  the  much  heavier  work  ; 

So,  if  you  '11  release  me  and  not  call  it  treason, 

I  '11  pay  you  in  rhyme  what  I  should  pay  in  reason. 


I  was  hunting  last  night,  as  I  sat  down  to  play 

AVith  the  shuttle  of  verse,  the  right  theme  for  to-day  ; 

And  as  I  was  musing  in  almost  despair, 

I  felt  a  sharp  tug  at  the  roots  of  my  hair,  — 

When  a  bright  little  figure  sprang  into  the  air. 

Shook  his  wings  for  an  instant,  then  circled  around, 

And  ah'ghted  at  once  snug,  and  light,  on  the  ground. 

Oil,  could  you  have  seen  him,  his  eyes  and  his  nose, 
"  The  rings  on  his  fingers,  the  bells  on  his  toes," 
His  little  red  breeches,  the  wig  on  his  head, 
And  the  corpulent  shape  that  endorsed  him  well  fed, 
T  think  you  'd  have  stared,  and  retjuested  like  me 
A  reply  from  the  sprite  what  his  business  might  be. 

''  Kind  Sir,"  I  began,  "1  must  sure  owe  you  one, 
Your  face  ne'er  before  have  1  seen  'neath  the  sun. 
And  a  (piainter  old  chap,  take  you  now  all  in  all. 
Has  not  honored  my  roof  since  the  Hood  with  a  call." 


MR.  fields'  poem.  106 

"  Hold  your  tongue,"  cried  my  visitor,  winking  his  eyes, 

" I  don't  come  to  Boston  to  show  off  my  size  ; 

I  am  here.  Sir,  on  business,  know  what  I  'm  about. 

And  my  mother 's  apprized  that  her  offspring  is  out : 

So  if  you  '11  just  listen,  and  not  be  so  green, 

I  '11  be  brief  as  the  ride  now  to  Concord  or  Keene ; 

I  will  not  be  so  long,  nay,  not  half  of  the  time. 

As  up  ray  friend  Wilson,  the  sun  takes  to  climb ; 

I  am  straight  from  New  Hampshire,  her  children  to  meet, 

Who  run  up  in  our  parts,  by  the  acre,  not  feet ; 

And  your  notable  Boston  boys  never  will  grow, 

Till  they  sprout  near  the  hills  where  the  tall  rivers  flow. 

Who  am  I,  you  ask  ?  and  you  do  not  know  me  ? 

Turn  me  round,  I  'm  the  '  man  in  the  moon  '  as  you  see  ; 

I  got  off  at  Mount  Washington,  none  of  your  jokes. 

To  attend  the  great  meeting  of  New  Hampshire  folks ; 

I  've  come  down  to  Boston  to  join  in  the  fun, 

And  I  can't  get  a  ticket  because  I  'm  no  '  Son.' 

I  've  long  loved  your  valleys,  I  know  all  your  rills, 

I  've  travelled  whole  nights  o'er  the  tops  of  your  hills, 

I  've  bathed  in  the  Basin,  I  've  sailed  down  the  Flume, 

I  've  run  up  the  Cascade,  and  I  've  retipped  its  plume  ; 

I  've  dwelt  in  the  Notch,  I  've  explored  every  fountain. 

And  my  brother  himself  is  the  Old  Man  of  the  Mountain  ; 

And  now  when  I  beg  for  a  chance  at  your  dinner, 

You  call  me  '  outsider '  and  vote  me  a  sinner ; 

*T  is  a  case  clear  as  moonlight  that  /ought  to  go, 

For  I  've  lived  near  New  Hampshire  long  ages  or  so." 

"  It  is  no  use  to  talk  then,"  I  quickly  exclaimed, 
"  If  the  soil  you  were  born  on  is  not  the  far-famed  ; 
Verraonters  by  dozens  stand  by  to  declare 
That  they  drew  their  first  breath  in  our  New  Hampshire  air ; 
While  Maine  sends  her  hundreds  to  call  for  a  place, 
Which  only  belongs  to  the  White  Mountain  face  ; 
No  !  for  States  near  or  distant  we  '  do  n't  care  a  pin,' 
Allow  mo  to  say.  Sir,  you  cannot  come  in." 

Then  the  little  old  gentleman  wiped  off  a  tear, 

And  his  mouth  opened  wide  like  a  gash  from  each  ear, 


106  NEW    HAUrSHTRE    FESTIVAL. 

And  he  said,  with  a  sigh,  as  he  looked  rather  blue, 

"  Here  's  a  song  I  'd  have  sung  if  I  'd  gone  in  with  you  ; 

'T  is  in  praise  of  the  maidens  you  left  far  away, 

In  the  homes  of  your  childhood,  the  haunts  of  your  play : 

'T  is  a  song  of  your  mothers,  whose  hearts  linger  here, 

Though  their  children  forget  them,  they  always  are  dear;' 

So  listen,  kind  friends,  to  the  verses  he  gave, 

As  he  swept  from  my  sight  like  the  foam  on  the  wave. 

See  how  yon  smiling  sisters  stand 

To  greet  the  sons  who  roam ; 
Each  daughter  waves  her  snowy  hand 

To  give  the  "  welcome  home  !  " 
See  how  they  form,  with  lips  and  eyes, 

Hope's  radiant  band  of  pearls ; 
Match  if  you  can  beneath  the  skies, 

Our  dear  New  Hampshire  girls ! 

What  though  the  autumn  rain  drops  freeze, 

Where  those  we  love  were  born  ? 
They  win  their  beauty  from  the  breeze, 

Their  vigor  from  the  morn  ! 
The  tempest  round  their  dwellings  shout. 

And  howls  November's  storm,  — 
For  us  their  fires  are  never  out. 

Whose  hearts  are  always  warm. 

Go  forth,  poor  exiled  youth,  away. 

Where  other  maidens  dwell ! 
Come  back,  when  all  your  locks  are  gray. 

To  those  you  loved  so  well ! 
Come  back,  though  Time  has  left  you  poor. 

And  all  your  sands  have  run,  — 
There  stands  your  mother  at  the  door. 

To  clasp  her  darling  son. 

God  bless  the  troop  whose  nightly  prayers 

Rise  up  for  those  who  roam  ! 
God  bless  them,  'mid  tlieir  daily  cares,  — 

Those  guardian  saints  of  home  ! 


MR.   ABBOTT'S  REMARKS.  107 

Forget  not  then  to  mingle  here, 

With  wit  and  song  your  pearls,  — 
And  give  the  swelling  heart's  full  cheer 

For  our  New  Hampshire  girls ! 

REMARKS   OF  JA3IES  A.  ABBOTT. 

James  A.  Abbott,  Esq.,  next  being  called  upon,  arose  and  said : 

That  the  evening  had  so  far  advanced,  that  he  did  not  suppose 
it  a  part  of  his  duty,  or  that  he  was  expected,  to  address  the  assem- 
bly. A  more  glorious  day  for  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire  had  never 
been  witnessed  or  enjoyed.  It  is  a  day  long  to  be  remembered  and 
cherished,  especially  so,  since  we  have  listened  to  the  voice  of  him, 
whose  memory,  in  after  days,  will  be  respected  and  honored,  and 
whose  fame  will  have  for  itself  a  monument  in  the  hearts  of  the  Sons 
of  New  Hampshire,  as  perpetual  as  that  monument  on  yonder  height, 
which  there  stands  in  remembrance  of  the  patriotism  of  the  States. 

It  is  quite  enough.  Sir,  that  we  have  gathered  together  here, 
under  such  bright  auspices,  in  such  complete  numbers,  and  for  such 
noble  purposes.  It  is  enough,  that  we  have  lived  to  hear  such 
thrilling  and  soul-stirring  sentiments,  in  behalf  of  Liberty,  from  the 
lips  of  him  whom  Heaven  has  given  us  to  become  the  great  defend- 
er of  the  Nation,  the  Constitution,  and  Liberty. 

Let  us  long  remember  these  great  and  good  principles,  which  our 
distinguished  instructor  has  this  day  taught  us,  and  let  us  bear  them 
hence,  to  disseminate  throughout  the  world,  and  to  bless  man  and 
humanity. 

After  referring  to  the  sublimity  of  the  mountain  scenery  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  to  the  particular  fact,  that  a  very  near  relative  of 
Mr.  Abbott's  was  the  proprietor  of  the  principal  part  of  Mount 
Washington,  and  to  its  being  the  "  tallest"  kind  of  land  in  all  New 
England,  he  offered  the  following  sentiment:  — 

J^fount  Wasli'mgton  and  our  National  Constitution  !  —  The  former  is  tlie 
work  of  the  Great  Architect  of  tlic  Universe  ;  the  latter,  the  proihict  of  human 
intellect,  framed  to  protect  tliat  spirit  of  Liberty,  which  was  born  in  man,  and 
is  natural  to  man,  and  can  only  be  extinguished  when  the  heart  of  humanity 
shall  cease  to  beat.     May  they  each  endure  together  and  forever. 

Volunteer : 

New  Hampshire! — It  has  been  said  that  she  exports  nothing  but  "  Granite 


108  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

and  Ice"  but  the  specimens,  here  on  exhibition  to-day,  prove  that  she  is  not  be- 
hind the  age  in  her  "  domestic  industry."  Therefore,  may  her  "  Granite  "  sons, 
with  their  lenses  of  "  Ice,"  so  concentrate  the  light  of  liberty,  that  ere  long  the 
sun  will  not  rise  upon  the  palace  of  a  tyrant  or  the  cot  of  a  slave. 

[Loud  Cheers.] 
By  a  New  Hampshire  Lady : 

New  Havipshire  ! —  May  she  continue  to  send  forth  "  shining  lights  "  to  be  the 
pride  of  her  sister  States,  and  never  be  unmindful  of  the  genius  and  learning 
that  remains. 

By  Richard  Nutter  : 

Our  Mothers  ! —  Our  first  and  our  firmest  friends;  their  early  precepts  and 
example  have  been  a  safe  and  constant  guide.  Their  fidelity  of  trust,  affec- 
tionate care  and  solicitude;  for  our  early  and  subsequent  happiness  and  welfare, 
ceases  only  with  their  lives.  May  they  never  be  forgotten  by  their  Sons,  but, 
to  the  end  of  our  lives,  be  gratefully  remembered  and  substantially  acknowl- 
edged, as  onr  first.,  most  valued,  and  firmest  friends. 

By  Dr.  J.  V.  C.  Smith: 

Natives  of  New  Hampshire! — Better  to  have  been  born  on  a  granite  bed 
than  not  born  at  all. 

A   SONG. 

BY   B.   B.   FRENCH. 

Air:  —  "  Ye  Mariners  of  England." 

Ye  sons  of  old  New  Hampshire, 

I  greet  ye  one  and  all  ? 
Ye  brothers  of  my  Granite  home 

May  blessings  round  you  fall. 
Assembled  now  to  honor  her, 

Recall  her  name  of  old ! 
Let  the  fame  of  each  name 

In  thunder  shouts  be  told  ; 

While  the  toast,  and  glee,  and  song  go  round, 
In  thunder  shouts  be  told  ! 

Stark  !  like  our  granite  mountains, 

Unmoved,  in  native  pride, 
He  stood  before  the  hostile  hosts, 

And  all  their  power  defied  ! 
Huzza  for  Stark,  and  Bennington, 

AVhere  back,  war's  tide  he  rolled  ; 


MR.   FRENCH'S   SONG.  109 

Let  the  fame  of  his  name 
In  thunder  shouts  be  told  ; 

While  the  toast,  and  glee,  and  song  go  round, 
In  thunder  shouts  be  told. 

And  CiLLEY !  bravest  of  the  brave, 

'Till  the  last  field  was  won  ; 
The  whole  broad  Nation,  could  not  boast 

A  truer  hearted  son  ! 
First  in  the  fight,  and  last  to  yield, 

Among  those  men  of  old, 
Let  the  fame  of  his  name 

In  thunder  shouts  be  told ; 

While  the  toast,  and  glee,  and  song  go  round, 
In  thunder  shouts  be  told. 

Our  Bartlett,  Whipple,  Thornton,  names 

On  freedom's  glorious  scroll ! 
They  cannot  be  forgotten,  while 

Time's  wheels  shall  onward  roll  ; 
We  pledge  them  here,  in  bumpers  bright, 

And  dear  their  memories  hold. 
Let  the  fame  of  each  name 

In  thunder  shouts  be  told  ; 

While  the  toast,  and  glee,  and  song  go  round. 
In  thunder  shouts  be  told. 

And  Pierce  !  a  name  at  which  each  heart. 

With  patriotism  may  burn  ; 
"  A  true,  good  man,  and  brave  as  good," 

Insci'ibe  upon  his  urn. 
Within  our  very  heart  of  hearts, 

His  memory  we  enfold. 
While  the  fame  of  his  name 

In  thunder  shouts  is  told  ; 

While  the  toast,  and  glee,  and  song  go  round, 
In  thunder  shouts  is  told. 

On,  on  they  come  in  long  array. 
And  hosts  our  memories  till ; 


110  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

The  ancient  fathers  of  our  race, 

Those  men  of  iron  will ! 
They  gave  us  Freedom,  better  far 

Than  legacies  of  gold  ! 
Let  the  fame  of  each  name 
In  thunder  shouts  be  told  ; 

While  the  toast,  and  glee,  and  song  go  round, 
In  thunder  shouts  be  told  ! 

The  heavens  are  bright  with  points  of  light, 

We  cannot  name  each  star,  — 
But  brighter,  in  the  heaven  of  heavens, 

Our  constellations  are  ! 
Their  memory,  then.  New  Hampshire's  dead  I 

The  learned,  the  brave,  the  bold, 
Let  the  fame  of  each  name 

In  thunder  shouts  be  told  ; 

While  the  toast,  and  glee,  and  song  go  round, 
In  thunder  shouts  be  told  ! 

Our  granite  race  are  every  where, 

Where  man  can  find  employ  ; 
If  ever  man  ^i•as  in  the  moon, 

'T  was  a  New  Hampshire  boy. 
If  we  could  find,  who  thus  aloft. 

Has  gone  and  left  the  fold. 
We  'd  let  the  fame  of  his  name 

In  thunder  shouts  be  told  ; 

While  the  toast,  and  glee,  and  song  went  round, 
In  thunder  shouts  be  told. 

V*y  John  Foster : 

AV'/:  Hampshire  Mothers!  —  May  we  ever  hold  their  names  in  affectionate 
it'int'inbrancf  ! 

I)y  G.   C.  Ilolman  : 
Till   Grand  Monadnock  ! —  "  ISIay  it?  shadow  never  be  less." 

By  Joseph  Dowe  : 

'•  A'ew  Ilninpshire   Conic-outers!"  —  May  they  never  assume  a  worse  aspect 
tlian  to-<la\'. 


SONG    TO    N*:W    HAMPSHIRE.  Ill 

Volunteer : 

There  are  breezes  among  the  Hills  of  New  Hampshire,  but  from  whence 
come  the  Gales  ? 

Mr.  Gale,  a  son  of  New  Ilampsliire,  six  feet  two  inches  in  height, 
responded,  that  he  came  to  the  Festival  to  hear  and  see,  and  not  to 
be  gazed  at,  or  to  make  a  speech.  He  thanked  his  friends  for  their 
kind  remembrance  of  him. 

Mr.  Joseph  M.  Bell  proposed  that  the  following  be  sung,  which 
was  unanimously  agreed  to. 


TO  THE   SONS   OF  NEW  HMIPSHIRE  IN  BOSTON, 

THIS   SONG   IS   DEDICATED   BY   TIIEIK  OBEDIENT   SERVANT. 

Air :  —  '^Auld  Lanf)  Syne.''' 

A  blessing  on  our  native  hills, 

And  valleys  rich  and  fair, 
Washed  by  a  thousand  merry  rills. 

That  smile  and  spax'kle  there  ; 
We  've  climbed  her  rugged  mountains  lone, 

And  seen  her  rivers  glide 
In  swelling  grandeur  rolling  on, 

To  join  old  Ocean's  tide. 

Her  waving  fields  and  busy  mills. 

Our  fathers'  skill  attest, 
Her  cattle  on  a  thousand  hills, 

In  living  pastures  rest. 
There  lies  the  grave-yard,  cold  and  drear, 

Where  many  a  tear  was  shed 
O'er  youthful  friends  we  buried  there, 

To  memory  never  dead. 

Her  rocks  and  woods,  her  lakes  and  Hoods, 

Her  hills  and  valleys  green. 
To  us  shine  fairer  than  the  realms 

Across  the  Jordan  seen. 

ir, 


112  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

And  then,  among  those  hills  of  ours, 

The  maids  and  matrons  there. 
Like  Sharon's  rose  amid  the  flowers. 

Are  fairest  of  the  fair. 

O'er  every  sea  her  sons  go  forth, 

In  every  clime  are  known, 
From  regions  of  the  frozen  North, 

To  Egypt's  burning  zone. 
But,  like  the  wanderers  o'er  the  main, 

Who  seek  the  Northern  Star, 
Their  hearts  still  turn  to  home  again, 

That  Granite  State  afar. 

A  blessing  on  our  native  hills. 

And  valleys  rich  and  fair, 
Washed  by  a  thousand  merry  rills. 

That  smile  and  sparkle  there. 
We  've  climbed  her  rugged  mountains  lone. 

And  seen  her  rivers  glide, 
In  swelling  grandeur  rolling  on. 

To  join  old  Ocean's  tide. 

Volunteer : 

Laid's  Master  Mason  !  —  Physically,  mentally,  and  morally,  a  giant :  not  a 
native,  but  one  whom  New  Hampshire  perfected,  ere  she  sent  him  to  shed  his 
evening  glory  upon  our  horizon  :  —  may  his  granite-born  descendants  emulate 
the  wisdom  of  their  ancestor. 

By  Thomas  Simmons,  one  of  the  Vice  Presidents. 

Keene,  and  the  beautiful  valley  of  the  County  of  Cheshire  !  —  As  long  as  it 
shall  be  watered  by  tlie  Ashnclot,  or  the  ]\Ionadnoek  shall  keep  her  watch-tower 
in  the  distance,  so  long  shall  the  hearts  of  her  children,  in  whatever  clime  or 
country,  "  warm  to  the  Tartan  !" 

On  motion  of  Dr.  J.  V.  C.  Smith,  it  was 

lleaolved,  That  when  tliis  mcetini^  adjourn  it  be  to  tlic  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  ei^^lit  liundrcd  and  fifty-two,  and  that  it  then  be 
called  together  by  such  of  its  present  officers  as  may  then  be  living. 

V>y  NiMAN  C.  ])]:tton,  one  of  the  Vice  Presidents. 

"While  we  remember  the  place  of  our  birth,  let  us  not  forget  the  i)lacc  where 
we  have  so  long  and  so  happily  resided. 


NEW  Hampshire's  voice.  113 

NEW  HAMTSHIRE'S  VOICE :  A  CALL  TO  THE  FESTIVAL. 

BY   A   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   MECHANIC. 

Hark  !  't  is  New  Hampshire's  voice  we  hear, 

But  not  in  dread  as  erst  it  spoke, 
When  trouble's  clouds  were  hovering  near, 

And  o'er  her  hills  in  terror  broke ; 

When  the  fierce  savage  lit  the  flame 

With  hands  dyed  red  in  human  life, 
And  mortal  Avoe  made  loud  acclaim 

Amid  the  din  of  midnight  strife. 

Not  now  as  when  with  wrong  oj)pressed 

Iler  heroes  buckled  on  the  sword, 
Bared  to  their  country's  foes  their  breast, 

And  in  its  cause  their  life-blood  poured  ; 

Not  now  as  when  her  battle  peal 

Gave  fierce  defiance  to  the  foe, 
And,  right-impelled,  the  gleaming  steel 

Smote  quick  and  strong  the  avenging  blow. 

Her  summons  ne'er  was  given  in  vain ; 

An  answering  note  fi-om  hill  and  glen 
Echoed  on  many  a  battle  plain 

In  mighty  deeds  of  gallant  men. 

The  voice  we  hoar  l)rcatlies  not  of  war. 

Nor  auglit  of  terror  dotli  impart ; 
It  tells  no  tale  deliglit  to  mar. 

Nor  thrills  with  anguished  doubt  the  heart. 

Like  music  notes,  that  call  to  peace, 

It  bids  us  to  her  courts  repair. 
For  one  brief  hour  to  iind  release 

From  worldly  strii'e  and  turmoil  there. 

To  joy  in  memory  of  the  past, 

To  brusli  away  the  dust  of  years. 
To  bring  back  scenes  too  fair  to  last, 

Oft  wakened  with  regretful  tears  ; 


114  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

And  times  when  deeds  of  after  date 
Were  shadowed  in  each  boyish  plan, 

Revealing  in  the  child's  estate 
The  mighty  promise  of  the  man. 

Contrasted  with  the  sordid  cares 

That  chill  our  heart  and  dull  our  joy, 

How  bright  and  beautiful  compares 
The  blessed  season  of  the  boy. 

Mother !  we  hear  thy  kindly  voice. 
We  fling  discordant  feelings  by ; 

Brother  with  brother  shall  rejoice, 
And  at  thy  summons  gladly  fly. 

Wc  pledge  thee  fondly,  and  the  toast 
Each  breast  with  warm  emotion  fills  :  ■ 

"  The  good  old  State  we  love  the  most, 
Enthroned  upon  her  thousand  hills  ! " 


OLDEST  SON  OF  NEW  IIAMPSmRE. 

The  Oldest  Son  of  New  Hampshire,  who  attended  the  Festival, 
was  Mr.  Samuel  Ghegg,  18  Leverett  street.  lie  was  born  in 
Peterboro',  New  Hampshire,  in  1772,  and  has  resided  in  Boston 
constantly  for  the  last  half  century.  Among  the  first  settlers  in 
his  native  town,  were  his  mother  and  father.  The  latter,  subse- 
quently known  as  ^lajor  Samuel  Gregg,  was  a  native  of  London- 
derry. Joining,  at  the  early  age  of  seventeen,  the  English  army 
in  the  old  French  war,  he  was  at  the  capture  of  Louisburg,  and  on 
the  Plains  of  Abraham,  with  the  brave  Gen.  Wolfe,  whose  great 
victory  there,  united  the  Canadas  to  the  British  Empire.  When 
the  llevolution  broke  out,  he  refused  to  act  under  his  commission 
of  Lieutenant  in  the  King's  service,  took  up  arms  for  his  country- 
men, and,  with  his  wife,  who  was  born  in  Haverhill,  INLassaclmsctts, 
staked  all  for  the  cause  of  Indopendcnco.  The  following,  related 
by  their  son,  the  present  Samuel  Gregg,  will  give  some  idea  of  the 
necessities  and  toils  of  some  of  the  first  founders  of  the  Granite 
State.     "My  parents  planted  themselves  in  Peterboro',"  remarked 


MR.  Gregg's  remarks.  115 

Mr.  G.,  "about  one  hundred  years  ago,  on  the  banks  of  the 
Contoocook.  At  that  period  there  was  not  a  settler  nor  a  single 
improvement  between  their  house  and  Canada ;  and  it  was  years 
afterwards,  before  they  had  one  neighbor,  and  for  a  long  time  but 
one,  between  them  on  the  North,  and  the  houndaries  of  that  Prov- 
ince. On  a  cold  winter's  day,  my  mother  threw  on  her  cloak  of 
scarlet  cloth,  such  as  the  great-great-grandmothers  of  the  rising 
generation  were  then  accustomed  to  wear,  and,  with  her  husband, 
went  out  upon  the  ice  down  the  Contoocook,  to  see  the  family  of 
their  nearest  northern  neighbor  in  Antrim,  twelve  miles  off  by 
land,  and  some  fifteen  by  the  river.  They  arrived  about  noon,  but 
found  their  neighbor,  Mr.  James  Aiken,  had  gone  with  his  wife,  to 
make  a  call,  on  some  of  their  relatives  tiventy-jive  or  thirty  miles 
distant  at  the  East.  Miss  Aiken,  their  little  daughter,  then  about 
twelve  years  old,  made  a  cup  of  tea  for  my  mother.  After  which, 
the  two  disappointed  travellers  retraced  their  steps  over  the  ice  to 
their  dwelling,  which  they  reached  in  the  evening.  That  night, 
there  fell  a  rain  so  heavy  as  to  break  up  the  frozen  stream;  and, 
had  they  not  returned  as  they  did,  they  could  not  have  reached 
home  for  less  than  four  or  jive  iveeJcs,  as  there  were  7io  roads,  and 
the  snow  was  three  or  four  feet  deep  in  the  woods.  In  those  days 
there  was  not  a  cart  nor  a  vehicle  on  ivheels,  nor  a  highivay  in  the 
whole  town  of  Pcterboro' ;  and  my  ancestor  was  obliged  to  take 
his  grain  four  miles  to  mill,  and  bring  the  meal  back  upon  a  rude 
car,  composed  of  poles,  fastened  lengthv/ays  to  a  cross-piece,  the 
front  being  elevated  by  the  oxen,  and  the  rear  drawn  over  the 
ground,  somewhat  like  a  sled." 

Retiring  from  the  Hall,  towards  the  close  of  the  Festival,  and  re- 
minding some  friends  of  the  trials,  sufferings,  denials,  and  fortitude 
of  those  who  first  founded  his  native  State,  he  furnished  the  follow- 
ing sentiment :  — 

The  First  Settlers  of  A^em  Hampshire  ! — Their  privations  and  virtues  can 
never  be  forgotten  by  the  natives  of  the  Gi'anite  State. 


116  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 


THE   OLD  GRANITE   STATE.  — A   SONG. 

BY    MKS.  8AKAII   JOSEPIIA    HALE. 

Oux*  world  has  a  wonderful  story, 

A  story  as  new  as  her  name  ; 
Each  State  brings  its  guerdon  of  glory, 

To  build  up  her  Temple  of  Fame. 
But  Architects  know  as  they  plan  it, — 

This  Temple  of  Liberty's  home, 
No  stuff  is  so  sure  as  the  Granite, 

To  last  through  the  ages  to  come. 

And  so  from  our  mountains  we  quarry, 

The  strong  living  blocks  as  they  stand ; 
And  scarce  may  we  pause  for  the  hurry, 

That 's  urging  them  over  our  land. 
Our  land,  you  will  find  if  you  scan  it. 

The  Middle,  the  South,  and  the  West, 
Among  its  proud  pillars  of  Granite, 

Our  mountains  have  furnished  the  best. 

But  here  in  this  lap  of  the  ocean, 

Our  strength  and  our  glory  appear; 
The  world  may  run  wild  in  commotion, 

And  Nations  fall  fainting  with  fear  : 
The  ship  Constitution,  we  'II  man  it. 

And  place  the  J'jj'poiinder  on  deck, 
And  finn  as  our  mountains  of  Granite, 

"We  '11  stand  in  the  battle  or  wreck. 

Then  hail  to  tlie  beautiful  places, 

Our  Ikdiics  in  the  old  (iranite  State  ! 
Ilcr  sons,  'mill  the  struggle  of  races. 

Will  never  be  laggards  or  late  : 
And  happy  as  when  we  began  it, 

]\[ay  life  lose  its  last  ling'ring  sand, 
And  deeds  worth  engraving  on  (Jranite, 

Ennoble  each  name  in  our  Band. 


SENTIMENTS.  117 

By  T.  W.  Bancroft : 

Sons  of  New  Hampshire  ! —  So  long  as  our  h(!arts  beat,  and  our  breasts  glow 
with  emotions,  may  we  cherish  in  our  memory  the  State  that  gave  us  birth. 

By  Levi  Bartlett : 

This  Family  Gathering  !  —  May  it  prove  as  useful  to  us  as  the  occasion  is 
pleasant  and  gratifying. 

By  Mr.  Batchelder : 

The  DaufjTiters  of  New  Hampshire  !  —  Pure  as  her  mountain  streams,  fair 
as  her  fertile  plains ;  would  that  they  had  been  with  us  at  this  joyous  FestivjJ. 

By  J.  W.  S. : 

The  Eloquence  of  the  Switzerland  of  New  England!  —  The  rival  in  wisdom 
to  the  German,  in  elegance  to  the  Italian,  in  majesty  to  the  Spanish,  in  bril- 
liancy to  the  English,  will  be  presented  to  the  world  by  the  French. 

By  Jas.  French : 

The  Statesmen  of  New  Hampshire !  —  The  Corinthian  pillars  of  the  Temple 
of  American  Freedom ;  they  are  the  test  of  what  is  noble  in  patriotism,  dignified 
in  character,  and  pure  in  principle. 

By  David  Bryant: 

77(6  Settlers  of  New  Hampshire  !  —  The  first  in  New  England  to  cultivate  the 
potato,  and  manufacture  linen.  May  they  be  remembered  with  respect  while 
the  vegetable  or  the  fabric  is  useful. 

By  N.  Gale  : 

The  Old  Granite  State! — Ilcr  voice  in  the  national  councils  and  her  arm  in 
the  battle-field  will  never  ])C  forgotten  while  she  can  j)oint  to  such  sons  as 
Webster,  Woodbury,  and  McNiel  to  illustrate  her  greatness,  her  patriotism, 
and  her  uulitary  glory. 

By  Charles  L.  Woodbury : 

Portsmouth!  —  Trade,  Commerce,  and  tiic  Fislicrics  were  the  objects  of  her 
Pilgrim  Fathers  ;  her  al).sciit  sons  rejoice  at  her  jirospcrity,  and  send  assurance 
that,  wander  where  we  may,  our  heartis  still  linger  amid  the  pIca^5:ult  uieniurics 
of  our  boyhood's  home- 

By  Dr.  J.  V.  C.  Smith : 

2" he  Bells  of  New  Hampshire!  —  Let  us  hear  them  ring  a  merry  peal. 


118  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Voted,  on  motion  of  Mr.  J.  M.  Bell,  that  we  adjourn  after 
singing  this 


ORIGINAL    HYMN. 

BY   A   LADY   OF   BOSTON. 

Tune :  —  St.  Martin's. 

Father,  Divine  !  we  raise  our  hearts 

"With  gratitude  to  Thee ; 
In  all  the  joy  this  day  imparts, 

Thy  love  we  fain  would  see. 

One  common  birth-right  do  we  share, 

One  common  lineage  own  ; 
And  all,  supported  by  thy  care, 

Depend  on  Thee  alone. 

Then  bless  this  hour,  this  festive  board, 

And  this  our  social  cheer ; 
And  in  Thy  Book  of  Life  record. 

Each  name  that 's  enter'd  here. 


APPENDIX. 


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APPENDIX. 


The  Committee  on  Invitations  sent  Letters  to  many  distinguished 
"  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,"  from  whom  the  following  replies 
were  received :  — 

[Frorn  Hon.  Lewis  Cass,  Senator  from  3ficJu'gan.] 

Detroit,  Oct.  30,  1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  wish  I  could  accept  your  invitation  to  attend  the  Festival  of 
the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  to  be  held  at  Boston,  on  the  seventh 
of  November.  But  I  cannot,  though  my  heart  will  be  with  you 
on  that  interesting  occasion.  Interesting  to  you,  but  much  more  so 
to  those  who  long  since  left  their  native  State,  and  whom  the  acci- 
dents of  life  have  removed  far  from  her  borders.  The  second  half 
century  has  commenced  since  I  became  an  emigrant  from  my  own 
home,  and  my  father's  home,  and  sought  that  land  of  promise  in  the 
then  distant  West,  which  has  been  to  me,  as  to  so  many  others,  a 
land  of  performance.  But  though  I  may  have  too  often  neglected, 
yet  I  have  never  forgotten  the  lessons  of  wisdom,  and  virtue,  which 
I  learned  in  our  father-land,  and  to  which  I  owe  much  of  the  suc- 
cess, undeserved  on  my  part,  which  has  attended  me  through  hfe. 
There  are  climates  more  genial,  and  regions  less  rugged  tlian  the 
land  of  our  birth  presents :  but  the  sun  shines  upon  no  country 
where  human  nature  is  more  elevated,  or  where  the  social  condition 
is  higher  or  happier.  After  an  absence  of  tliirt\'-tliree  years, 
and  after  taking  my  part  in  the  foundation  of  an  empire  in  the 
AYestcni  forest,  one  of  the  proudest  victories  man  has  ever  gained, 
over  the  obstacles  of  nature,  I  revisited  my  native  town,  and  I  left 


122  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

it,  satisfied  tliat  virtue,  and  intelligence,  and  domestic  happiness, 
depend  little  upon  natural  advantages,  and  that,  in  these  elements  of 
prosperity,  social  and  political,  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire  may 
fear  no  comparison  bet^Yecn  their  native  State,  and  the  most  favored 
regions  of  the  earth. 

Joining  you  in  those  feelings  of  pride  and  attachment,  which  the 
remembrance  of  the  land  of  our  ancestors  cannot  fail  to  inspire 
around  your  festive  board, 

I  am,  as  you  are,  ever  among  the  grateful 

Sons  of  New  Hampshire, 

LEWIS  CASS. 

MARSIIALT.  P.  WILDER,  Esq.,  and  otlicrs,  Committee,  &c.  &c. 


[From  Hon.  George  Evans,  ex-Senator  from  3faine.] 

Gardiner,  Nov.  5, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  omitted,  until  this  time,  to  reply  to  your  obliging  favor  of 
the  25th  ult.,  in  the  earnest  hope  that  it  would  be  in  my  power 
to  accept  the  invitation  to  attend  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New 
Hampshire,  with  which  you  have  honored  me.  I  am  now  reluc- 
tantly compelled  to  forego  that  gratification,  owing  to  the  pressure 
of  professional  engagements. 

Be  pleased  to  accept  my  acknowledgments  for  the  courtesy  ex- 
tended to  me,  and  believe  me, 

With  <zreat  re^^ard. 

Your  ob't  servant, 

GEORGE   EVANS. 

Hox.  ^fArvSTIALL  P.  WILDER.         )       .    .,         n         •..       c 
C-HAULES  (;.  G]{EENE,  Esq.  p'^"'^  o'''^''«'  Committee,  .Vc. 


[Froiii  lion.  John  A.  Dix,  i.r-Soinl'ir  fnnn  Xiir   Ydil:.] 

New  York,  Nov.  5,  1840. 
Gextli-mex  : 

WiiVQ  it  not  for  bu.siucss,  Avliich  requires  my  attention  in  this 
city  (luring  the  present  week,  I  should  take  great  pleasure  in 
accepting  your  invitation  to  attend  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New 


APPENDIX.  123 

Hampshire,  in  Boston,  on  the  seventh  inst.  As  a  native  of  that  enter- 
prising and  patriotic  State,  I  can  never  cease  to  feel  a  deep  interest 
in  all  that  concerns  her  prosperity  and  her  good  name,  or  in  those, 
in  whose  sight,  as  in  my  own,  her  soil  is  consecrated  as  the  last 
resting-place  of  their  ancestors  and  kindred.  The  gratification  of 
uniting  with  you  to  commemorate  our  common  birth-place,  would  be 
greatly  enhanced  by  the  pleasure  of  meeting  many  of  you,  whose 
names  are  connected  with  some  of  my  earliest  recollections.  Nothing 
but  imperious  necessity  should  prevent  me  from  sharing  your  fes- 
tivities :  and,  with  my  regrets,  I  beg  you  to  accept  for  yourselves, 
and  to  tender  to  your  assembled  friends,  my  cordial  salutations. 
I  am.  Gentlemen,  respectfully. 

Your  ob't  servant, 

JOHN  A.  DIX. 

Messrs.  MAKSHALL  P.  WILDER,  GEORGE  WM.  GORDON, 

CHARLES  G.  GREENE,  ISAAC  O.  BARNES, 

J.  V.  C.  SMITH,  JOHN  P.  IIEALY, 

CHARLES  A.  WELLS,  FLETCHER  WEBSTER. 
C.  R.  GOODRICH, 


[From  ILm.  Moses  Nokris,  Jr.,  Senator  from  New  Hampshire.] 

Manchester,  N.  H.  Oct.  2G,  1849. 
Gentlemex  : 

Your  kind  favor  of  the  2r)tli  inst.  has  been  received.  I  feel 
highly  lionored  and  gratified  with  your  complimentary  invitation  to 
be  present  at  tlie  Festival  of  tlic  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  to  be 
held  in^'ourcity  on  the  seventli  of  November,  "With  great  pleasure 
I  shall  endeavor  to  avail  myself  of  the  honor  to  be  present  on  that 
occasion. 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  ob't  servant, 

M.  NORllIS. 

To  M.  P.  WILDER,  Esq..  and  otlicrs,  Conuiiittec  otMuvitatimi. 


124  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

{From  Hon.  Charles  II.  Atheiiton,  agetl  75,  ex-Memher  of  Congress,  from  N.  H.] 

Amherst,  N.  H.,  Oct.  29, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  the  honor  of  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  a  card  of 
admission,  and  your  letter  of  invitation  to  attend  the  "  Festival  of 
the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire."  On  no  occasion  have  I  more  sensibly 
felt  the  regret  of  saying,  that  circumstances  forbid  my  mingling  in 
crowded  assemblages,  and  impose  upon  me  the  propriety  of  declin- 
ing to  accept  your  invitation.  The  Festival,  and  the  manner  and 
objects  of  its  getting  up,  have  my  hearty  approval,  and  it  would  give 
me  the  most  sincere  pleasure  to  be  able  to  unite  in  this  celebration 
with  the  Sons  of  my  native  State,  many  of  whom  I  personally  know 
and  highly  respect.  They  deservedly  bear  an  honorable  part  in  all 
the  business,  social,  civil,  and  religious  relations  of  Ufe  in  Boston  and 
its  Commonwealth. 

May  this  Festival,  by  its  annual  celebration,  sensibly  cherish  and 
strengthen  our  social  alFections  and  ties  of  brotherhood.  May  it 
improve  and  raise  the  standard  of  character  in  "  The  Sons  of  New 
Hampshire,"  till  that  character  shall  be  as  conspicuous,  elevated, 
and  enduring  as  her  own  White  Mountains  and  Granite  Hills. 
May  the  Patronymic,  "  Son  of  New  Hampshire,"  be  a  passport  to 
respect  and  confidence  the  world  over. 

I  am,  Gentlemen,  with  every  sentiment  of  respect, 
Your  ob't  servant, 

C.  H.  ATHERTON. 

To  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  Esq..  and  otlicrs,  Committee,  &c. 


[From  IIdii.  Chaklks  G.  Atheuton.  cx-Sinator  from  N<w  ILuitpshire.] 

Manciiesteu,  N.  H.,  Nov.  G,  1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

Please  accept  my  tlianks  for  the  invitation  to  tlic  "  Festival  of  the 
Sons  of  New  Hampshire,"  with  which  you  have  kindly  honored  me. 

I  had  hoped  to  Ije  present  on  an  occasion  which  [jromises  to  be 
so  gratifving,  as  au  e.xlubition  of  the  talent,  enterprise,  and  worth, 
wliich  have  emanated  from  our  native  State,  and  so  interesting,  on 
account  of  all  the  friendly  and  fraternal  sentiments  and  associations 
it  will  tend  to  awaken  and  confirm. 


APPENDIX.  125 

But  I  regret  to  say,  that  professional  engagements  compel  me  to 
deny  myself  that  gratification. 

I  am,  with  great  respect, 

Your  friend  and  servant, 

C.  G.  ATHERTON. 

To  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  Esq.,  and  others.  Committee,  &c. 


[Fiom  Gen.  James  Miller.] 

Temple,  N.  H.  Nov.  2,  1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  had  the  honor  to  receive  your  polite  invitation  to  attend 
the  "  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire." 

While  no  occasion  could  more  warmly  enlist  all  my  sympathies 
and  feelings,  or  urge  me  so  strongly  to  disregard  all  ordinary  rea- 
sons or  apologies  for  absence  from  festivities  so  grateful  to  me, 
merging  as  they  will,  all  other  feelings  and  motives  but  those  of 
honoring  our  native  State,  and  the  free  communion  and  unrestrained 
social  intercourse  of  her  Sons,  it  is  with  profound  regret  that  I  am 
compelled,  by  the  infirmities  of  age,  and  still  more,  by  those  of  dis- 
ease, to  decline  the  honor  of  your  invitation. 

Hoping,  Gentlemen,  that  the  occasion  may  be  one,  in  all  its  cir- 
cumstances, of  unalloyed  happiness  to  all,  forming,  cherishing,  and 
strengthening  all  the  kindly,  generous,  and  social  feeUngs  and  bonds, 
which  should  ever  unite  the  Sons  of  the  old  Granite  State, 
I  have  the  honor  to  be. 

Very  respectfully,  Gentlemen, 

Your  ob't  servant, 

JAMES  MILLER. 
I  beg  leave  to  ofier  as  a  sentiment : 

The  Sons  of  New  Hampshire .'  —  While  they  cling  with  filial  reverence  and 
devotion  to  the  State  of  their  birth,  may  their  love  of  country  and  their  patri- 
otism embrace  the  whole  country  as  "  One  and  inseparable." 

To  JLVRSILVLL  P.  WILDER,  Esq.,  and  others,  Committee,  &c. 


126  NEW    HAMPSHIRE   FESTIVAL. 

[From  Prof.  Ciiakles  B.  Haddock.] 

Dartmouth  College,  Nov.  5, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  am  extremely  sony  that  a  previous  engagement  to  deliver  a 
discourse  on  an  important  public  occasion,  at  the  same  time,  Avill 
prevent  me  from  accepting  your  polite  invitation  to  me  to  be  present 
at  the  New  Hampshire  Festival,  on  the  seventh  instant. 

I  regret  my  inability  to  attend  the  more  because  it  deprives  me 
of  the  opportunity,  Avhicli  the  occasion  would  doubtless  have  pre- 
sented, for  me  to  express,  in  behalf  of  the  College,  the  interest  we 
all  take  in  the  Festival,  and  the  sympathy  we  feel  in  the  enterprise 
and  prosperity  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  whether  in  their 
native  State  or  out  of  it.  Nothing  of  moment  to  them  is  indiiferent 
to  us  ;  their  honorable  objects,  their  intelligent  industry,  their  hardy 
virtues,  their  love  of  liberty  and  of  learning,  their  arduous  strug- 
gles in  the  great  common  cause  of  virtue  and  humanity ;  in  all  these 
we  honor  them,  and  deem  ourselves  honored. 

It  is  not,  perhaps,  quite  presumptuous  in  me  to  say  a  word  for  the 
College,  the  poor  dumb  7nother  of  Eloquence,  whose  sons  must  speak 
for  her,  whose  sons  do  speak  for  her,  as  you  know.  Gentlemen,  as 
the  country  and  the  world  knows,  with  an  eloquence  unsurpassed. 
Could  I  have  been  present,  I  should  have  felt  it  to  be  my  duty  to 
say  something  in  her  behalf.  For,  little  as  I  have  done  to  augment 
her  usefulness,  or  extend  her  fame,  it  is  now  more  than  thirty  years 
that  I  have  been  nourished  in  her  bosom  with  a  parental  indulgence. 

The  College  of  our  native  State,  Gentlemen,  has  been,  from  an 
early  period  in  the  history  of  the  State,  as  prominent  and  as  re- 
markable a  geographical  feature  of  New  Hampshire,  as  her  moun- 
tains themselves. 

It  is  now  just  eighty  years  since  Dartmouth  College  was  founded; 
the  only  College  of  the  State  ;  she  has,  it  is  hoped,  fostered  every 
great  interest,  and  elevated  the  whole  character  of  our  people. 
1'hrough  the  liberal  professions,  the  Academics  and  public  Schools, 
her  inHucnce,  on  the  s])irit  of  society,  we  trust,  has  been  salutary 
and  constant.  Not  a  man  has  lived  in  the  State,  or  emigrated 
from  it,  Avho  can  be  said  to  owe  nothing  to  her.  The  atmosphere 
he  breathed  in  his  youth  was  more  salubrious ;  tlie  influences  about 


APPENDIX.  127 

him,  all  kindlier  and  more  ennobling  for  the  labors  and  sacrifices 
of  the  great  founder  of  a  school  in  the  wilderness.  Planting  a 
College,  with  his  own  hands,  almost  beyond  the  limits  of  civilization, 
the  apostolic  Wheelock  became  the  benefactor  of  the  whole  State, 
and  of  all  succeeding  generations. 

Of  the  success  of  his  generous  and  far-sighted  undertaking,  I 
need  say  no  more  than  to  ask  you  to  look  at  its  fruits,  in  our  whole 
system  of  popular  instruction,  which  has  given  to  the  State,  and  to 
the  country,  so  much  of  the  best  cultivated  and  most  useful  mind, 
80  much  of  professional  ability,  of  sterhng  statesmanship,  and  of 
vigorous  eloquence.  In  behalf  of  our  only  seat  of  learning,  this 
north-star  in  our  firmament  of  letters,  permit  me  to  congratu- 
late the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire  in  Boston  and  \4cinity,  on  the 
happy  idea,  originated  by  them,  of  a  State  Festival  abroad,  at  which 
the  common  recollections  of  their  native  place  may  be  brightened, 
and  their  attachment  to  the  State  they  have  left  increased,  without 
diminishing  their  interest  in  the  prosperity  of  the  Commonwealth, 
by  which  they  have  been  adopted. 

Allow  me  to  give  you  as  a  sentiment : 

New  Hampshire  Mind! — The  only  product  of  the  State,  which,  though  often 
parted  with,  is  never  alienated. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be.  Gentlemen, 

With  great  consideration  and  esteem. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

CHARLES  B.   HADDOCK. 

To  Messrs.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


17 


128  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

[From  Hon.  William  Plumbr,  eyed  91,  ex-Governor  of  New  Hampshire.] 

Epping,  November  3, 1849. 
Gentlemen: 

I  have  received  your  invitation  to  attend  the  Festival  of  the  Sons 
of  New  Hampshire,  to  be  holden  at  Boston,  on  the  seventh  instant. 
It  would  give  me  great  pleasure,  if  the  state  of  my  health  would 
permit,  to  be  with  you  on  that  occasion.  But  the  infirmities  of  ago 
press  heavily  upon  me  ;  the  penalty,  which  few  escape,  who  much 
outlive  the  threescore  years  and  ten,  fixed  by  the  Psalmist  as  the 
ordinary  period  of  human  life.  Even  the  fourscore  years,  which  he 
pronounced  to  be  labor  and  sorrow,  to  the  few  by  whom  they  are 
attained,  I  have  not  only  reached,  but  have  left  them,  long  since,- 
behind  me,  in  my  progress  of  life.  Age,  then,  and  its  consequent 
debility,  must  be  my  excuse  for  not  attending  the  meeting,  to  which 
you  invite  me.  I  do  not  the  less  sympathize  with  you  in  the  ob- 
jects of  that  meeting.  Born  in  Massachusetts,  I  feel  for  the  old 
Bay  State  the  veneration  of  a  true  son  for  a  worthy  parent ;  and 
it  is  among  your  best  claims  on  my  regard,  that  you,  Gentlemen, 
and  those  for  whom  on  this  occasion  you  act,  have,  in  various  ways, 
and  in  many  walks  of  life,  done  such  high  honor,  and  rendered 
such  true  service  to  the  State  of  your  adoption  and  of  my  nativity. 
But,  though  born  in  Massachusetts,  I  have  been  for  more  than 
eighty  years  an  inhabitant  of  New  Hampshire  ;  and  you  may  well 
believe  that  I  cherish  for  her  the  respect  to  which  her  many  virtues 
entitle  her,  and  feel,  far  more  strongly  than  I  can  express,  the 
deep  gratitude  which  her  favors  shown  to  me,  in  years  now  long 
departed,  have  written  on  my  heart.  For  her  hardy,  virtuous, 
and  intelligent  sons,  whether  remaining  in  their  native  homes,  or 
seeking  fame  and  fortune  in  other  regions,  I  can  indulge  no  bet- 
ter wish,  than  that  they  may  prove  their  true  descent  from  a  noble 
stem,  by  conduct  worthy  of  their  birth  and  nurture  in  the  Granite 
State. 

I  remain,  Gentlemen,  with  great  respect, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

WILLIAM  PLUMEll. 

To  the  Committee  of  Invitation. 


APPENDIX.  129 

[FVom  Hon.  Saxuel  Bell,  ex-Senator  from,  and  ex- Governor  of  New  Hampshire, 
formerly  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court.] 

Chester,  Nov.  1, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

It  would  afford  me  great  pleasure  to  attend  the  Festival  of  the 
Sonsof  New  Hampshire,  at  Boston,  on  the  seventh  instant,  to  which 
you  have  done  me  the  honor  to  give  me  an  invitation.  My  feeble 
state  of  health  alone  will  prevent  my  enjoying  the  pleasure  of  meet- 
ing with  those  whom  I  so  much  esteem  and  honor. 
I  am,  Gentlemen,  most  respectfully. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

SAMUEL  BELL. 

To  Hon.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


[From  His  Excellency,  Hon.  Samuel  Dinsmooh,  Governor  of  New  Hampshire.] 

Keene,  Nov.  5, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  invitation  to 
be  present  at  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  to  be 
holden  in  Boston,  on  the  seventh  instant. 

I  have  delayed  an  answer  until  this  moment,  in  the  hope  that  I 
might  be  able  to  pass  by  the  reasons  which  opposed  ray  accepting 
it.  I  most  sincerely  regret,  however,  that  I  am  constrained  to  de- 
cline it,  for  I  can  conceive  of  no  occasion  more  calculated  to  gratify 
the  just  pride  of  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  or  promising  a  higher 
degree  of  intellectual  and  social  enjoyment,  than  the  Festival  you 
are  about  to  hold. 

With  sentiments  of  the  sincerest  esteem  and  respect, 

I  am  your  obedient  servant, 

SAMUEL   DINSMOOR. 

To  Hon.  IMARSHALL  P.  WILDI-:K,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


130  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

[From  Hon.  Arthur  Livermore,  aged  84,  formerly  Chief  Jti^ice  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  Judicature  in  New  Ilampshire.] 

Plymouth,  N.  II.  Oct.  27, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

Nothing  could  have  been  more  acceptable  to  me  than  the  com- 
plimentary ticket,  with  which  I  am  honored,  of  admission  to  the 
Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire.  And  ardent  is  my  desire 
to  participate  with  my  esteemed  brethren  in  the  rules  and  pleasures 
of  their  Festival.  But  feeble  health,  and  other  ills  to  which  old 
age  is  incident,  render  me  hopeless  of  seeing  Boston  on  the  seventh 
day  of  November.  But  I  will,  on  that  day,  think  only  of  the  Sons 
of  New  Hampshire,  and  their  Festival,  and  be  with  them  in  affec- 
tion and  brotherly  love,  however  distant  in  other  respects.  I  am, 
truly.  Gentlemen,  with  all  my  heart,  the  friend  and  servant  of  the 
Sons  of  New  Hampshire  in  general,  and  of  their  Committee  of  In- 
vitation in  particular, 

ARTHUR  LIVERMORE. 

To  the  Honorable  Committee  of  Invitation. 


[From  Hon.  Samuel  Appleton.] 

Boston,  Nov.  3, 1849. 
Dear  Sir  : 

I  have  received  your  polite  note  of  the  29th  ultimo,  advising  me 
that  I  have  been  selected  to  act  as  one  of  the  Vice  Presidents  of 
the  New  Hampshire  Festival,  to  be  holden  at  the  Fitchburg  Station 
House,  on  the  seventh  inst.,  and  inviting  me  to  accept  that  office. 

I  return  my  sincere  thanks  for  the  honor  done  me  by  this  selec- 
tion. The  objects  to  be  accomplislied  by  the  Sons  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, through  tlie  proposed  Festival,  arc  such  as  meet  my  cordial 
approbation.  It  would  afford  me  much  pleasure  to  join  them  in 
the  procession,  and  to  be  present  with  them  at  the  dinner,  I  re- 
gret, however,  that,  by  reason  of  my  great  age,  and  the  lameness 
in  my  limbs,  I  must  deny  myself  the  gratification  of  accepting  the 


APPENDIX.  131 

honor  so  politely  tendered,  and  also  of  participating  in  tho  festivi- 
ties of  the  occasion. 

With  the  hope  that  the  celehration  may  be  a  happy  one,  and,  in 
its  results,  fully  realize  the  wishes  of  its  best  friends, 
I  remain.  Sir,  with  much  respect. 

Your  friend  and  obedient  servant, 

SAMUEL  APPLETON. 

Aged  83  years,  4  months,  and  15  days. 

N.  B. — Although  I  cannot  have  the  privilege  of  being  present  at 
the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  my  native  State,  in  person,  I  respect- 
fully desire  to  be  present  Avith  them  in  the  following  sentiment, 
which  is  at  your  disposal.     [See  page  48.] 

To  Fletcher  Webster,  Esq.,  Chairman  of  Executive  Committee. 

After  reading  the  letter  from  Mr.  Appleton,  Mr.  Webster  pro- 
posed the  following  toast :  — 

"Health  and  prolonged  life  to  Hon.  Samuel  Appleton." 

[Great  applause.] 

[From  Hon.  John  Sullivan,  Attorney  General  of  New  Hampshire.] 

Exeter,  Oct.  31, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

The  Committee,  of  which  you  are  members,  have  done  me  tho 
honor  to  extend  to  me  an  invitation  to  be  present  at  the  Festival  of 
the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  to  be  holden  at  Boston,  on  the 
seventh  of  November  next. 

To  be  present  at  the  Festival,  with  many  men  whose  fame  be- 
longs to  the  world,  claiming  this  State  as  their  birth-place,  must  be 
the  occasion  of  pride,  as  well  as  pleasure,  to  every  son  of  New 
Hampshire. 

It  is  with  deep  regret  that,  by  reason  of  my  professional  engage- 
ments, I  am  denied  the  pleasure,  as  well  as  the  honor,  of  being 
present  at  the  Festival. 

I  am,  Gentlemen,  with  great  respect. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

JNO.    SULLIVAN. 

To  MARSHALL  P.   WILDER,  Esq.,  and  otiicr  Gentlemen 
of  the  Committee  of  Invitation. 


132  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

[From  Hon.  Franklin  Pierce,  e:c- Senator  from  New  Hampshire.] 

Court  Room,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Oct.  29, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

Accept  my  acknowledgments  for  your  polite  invitation  to  be 
present,  November  seventh,  at  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  the  assurance  of  my  sincere  regrets,  that  profes- 
sional engagements  forbid  me  to  hope  to  join  you  on  an  occasion 
that  promises  so  much. 

Your  most  obedient  servant, 

FRANK.  PIERCE. 

To  MAI? SHALL  P.  WILDER,  Esq.,  and  others. 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


[From //on.  Edmund  Burke,  recently  Commissioner  of  Patents,  and  formerly 
Member  of  Congress  from  New  Hampshire.] 

Washington,  Nov.  5, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the 
25th  ult.,  inviting  me  to  attend  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New 
Hampshire,  to  be  holden  in  Boston,  on  the  seventh  instant.  In  reply, 
it  is  hardly  necessary  for  me  to  say,  that  I  deeply  regret  that  my 
engagements  in  this  city  will  prevent  me  from  participating  with 
you  in  the  festivities  of  that  interesting  occasion. 

Although  I  am  not  a  native  of  the  old  Granite  State,  I  can  with 
truth  say,  that  I  was  born  on  the  banks  of  the  beautiful  river  which 
forms  her  western  boundary,  in  sight  of  her  picturesque  and  per- 
petual hills ;  and  that  I  adopted  her  as  my  mother  immediately  on 
attaining  my  majority,  nineteen  years  ago,  and  now  rejoice  in  the 
proud  distinction  of  being  numbered  among  her  Sons.  On  her 
rugged  but  inspiring  soil,  with  timid  hand  and  trembling  heart, 
doubtful  of  the  future,  I  launched  the  bark  of  my  destiny  upon 
the  stream  of  busy  life,  and  whatever  of  success  has  attended  my 
voyage  thus  far,  I  owe,  in  a  great  measure,  to  the  friendly  en- 
couragement and  cordial  support  of  her  true  hearted  and  enlight- 
ened people.  They  not  only  sustained  me  when  I  was  struggling 
against  adverse  fortunes,  and  gave  me  preferments  and  honors,  but 
they  permitted  me  to  choose  from  among  their  virtuous  daughters, 
my  better  lialf.,  and  thus  to  become,  in  truth  and  by  right,  one  of 
the  faniily. 


APPENDIX.  133 

Although  New  Hampshire  receives  with  generous  welcome,  and 
adopts  as  her  own,  the  children  of  her  sister  States,  how  brilliant  is 
the  chaplet  which  her  native  born  sons  have  woven  for  her  brow. 
What  glorious  names  glitter  in  her  coronet.  In  the  Senate,  in  the 
tented  field,  at  the  bar,  in  the  pulpit,  in  the  fields  of  poesy,  in  the 
busy  marts  of  commerce,  in  the  limitless  world  of  invention,  her 
children  successfully  claim  to  be  equal  among  the  most  eminent. 
Without  recalling  by  name  her  long  array  of  illustrious  dead,  there 
yet  lives  a  Webster,  a  Woodbury,  a  Cass,  a  Dix,  a  Pierce,  a  Mc- 
Niel,  a  Hale,  favored  daughter  of  the  Muses,  and  many  more  that 
might  be  named  in  this  brilliant  category  of  intellect  and  talent. 
In  eloquence,  poetry,  arts,  and  arms,  the  sons  and  daughters  of  the 
Granite  State  fear  not  to  challenge  competition  and  comparison. 
Some  of  her  gifted  children  she  lends  to  the  service  and  the  history 
of  other  States,  and  others  she  keeps  to  adorn  and  illustrate  their 
native  home,  her  own  rugged  hills  and  romantic  valleys. 

And  her  noble  people  !  On  no  other  spot  of  the  earth  dwell  more 
virtue,  integrity,  courage,  and  energy.  Among  her  majestic  moun- 
tains, whose  hoary  heads,  penetrating  the  region  of  perpetual  frosts, 
look  down  upon  the  clouds,  her  sons  and  daughters  contemplate  the 
grandeur  and  sublimity  of  the  Creator's  works,  and  Rehgion,  the 
parent  of  virtue  and  the  firm  basis  of  character,  rears  its  altars  in 
their  hearts.  Her  picturesque  scenery,  inspiring  the  imagination, 
and  touching  the  deepest  sympathies  of  the  soul,  lays  the  founda- 
tion of  just  and  true  sentiments.  And  her  rugged  soil,  demanding 
active  labor  as  the  condition  of  remunerating  fertility,  is  the  stem 
teacher  of  industry,  and  the  rough  but  kind  nurse  of  enterprise. 
And  hence  the  success  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire  in  every 
field  of  adventure  which  they  explore,  and  on  every  spot  which  they 
choose  for  a  habitation. 

In  conclusion,  permit  mc  to  offer  the  following  sentiment.  [See 
page  57.] 

I  am,  with  the  higlicst  res{)cct, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

EDMUND   BUllKE. 

To  Messks.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  ami  others, 
Coiiiniittce.  <S:c'. 


1S4  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

[fhm  Hon.  B.  B.  French.] 

Magnetic  Telegraph  Office,       ) 
City  of  Washington,  Oct.  29, 1849«  ) 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  just  received  your  esteemed  favor  of  the  25th  instant, 
inviting  me  to  attend  the  "  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hamp- 
shire," at  Boston,  on  the  seventh  day  of  November  next. 

Nothing  short  of  most  pressing  business  engagements  could  pre- 
vent me  from  being  present  on  an  occasion  which  I  should  so  highly 
enjoy. 

By  the  mail  of  yesterday,  I  received  a  letter  from  Harvey  Jewell, 
Esq.,  requesting  me  to  write  a  song  or  a  poem,  for  the  occasion,  and, 
as  I  shall  be  under  the  necessity  of  leaving  this  city  to-morrow 
morning,  on  business  connected  with  my  office,  I  have,  almost  im- 
promptu, thrown  into  rhyme  a  few  ideas  which  I  have  dignified 
with  the  title  "  A  Song." 

There  may  be  poetry  in  the  telegraph  itself,  and  it  has  been 
beautifully  and  poetically  said, 

"  Along  the  smooth  and  slender  wires 
The  viewless  heralds  run," 

but  I  assure  you  there  is  none  whatever  in  superintending  the  erec- 
tion of  those  same  wires ;  and,  as  that  is  the  business  on  which  I 
am  to  be  engaged  for  some  days  to  come,  I  feared  my  muse  might 
not  be  propitious,  therefore  I  have  seized  the  only  time  at  my  com- 
mand to  woo  her,  and  enclose  the  result.  If  you  deem  it  worthy 
the  occasion  for  which  it  was  written,  I  shall  be  happy  at  having 
contributed  my  mite  ;  if  not,  it  will  make  very  good  cigar  lights  ! 
I  give  you  this  sentiment  : 

Xeiij  Ilmnpshire !  —  Before  my  heart  sliall  forgot  thee,  it  must  become  harder 
than  thy  granite. 

With  heartfelt  thanks  for  their  remembrance  of  me, 
I  am  the  Committee's  ob't  servant, 

B.  B.  FRENCH. 

To    M.  P.  WILDEK,  Esq., 

of  tlic  Comniittoc  of  Invitation. 


APPENDIX.  135 

[Front  Rev.  Dr.  Ichabod  Nichols.] 

Portland,  November  6, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

Accept  my  sincerest  thanks  for  being  remembered  among  the 
Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  in  the  invitation  you  have  so  politely 
given  me  to  their  approaching  Festival.  If  imperative  duties  had 
not  prevented,  no  one  would  have  united  with  more  pleasure  than 
myself,  in  the  filial  reminiscences  of  that  interesting  occasion ;  some 
of  them,  indeed,  of  affections,  joys,  not  to  be  expressed,  dearer  to 
our  hearts,  if  not  to  our  more  ambitious  feelings,  than  all  which 
Patriotism  can  tell  of  the  plains  of  Bennington,  where  the  waning 
fortunes  of  the  Revolution  received  their  first  favorable  turn;  or 
the  Pulpit,  of  Brattle  street ;  or  Education ,  of  Exeter ;  or  the  Bar, 
the  Bench,  and  the  Gubernatorial  Chair,  of  those  who  have  dis- 
tinguished them  in  our  native  State  ;  or,  even  the  Peace  and  the 
Constitution  of  this  Union,  of  him,  who  has  rendered  services  to 
both,  of  which  his  country  and  the  world  will  never  be  forgetful. 

Heaven  bless  your  re-union,  Gentlemen,  and  render  it  worthy  of 
the  best  recollections  of  our  birth-place. 

Most  respectfully,  yours, 

I.  NICHOLS. 

To  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  Esq.,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


\From  lion.  Iciiabod  Bartlett,  ex-Memher  of  Congress  from  Neiu  Uatnpshtrc] 

Portsmouth,  Oct.  30,  1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  received  your  polite  note,  of  Oct.  25th,  inviting  me  to  be 
present  at  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  to  be 
holden  on  Wednesday,  the  seventh  of  November,  and  very  much 
regret,  that  it  will  not  be  in  my  power  to  comply  with  your 
invitation. 

With  great  respect. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

ICHABOD  BARTLETT. 

Permit  me  to  offer  the  following  sentiment  for  the  occasion  :  — 

"  Tlte  Sons  of  New  Jlampsldrc"  resident  in  Boston  and  its  vicinity !  —  The 
IS 


136  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

mother  of    the   Grachi,  the    old   Granite   State    still  claims   them  as  her 
jewels. 

To  MARSHALL  V.  WILDER,  Esq.,  and  others. 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


\From  Hon.  Joseph  IIealy,  ex-Member  of  Congress  from  New  Hamps/itre.] 

Washington,  N.  H.,  Nov.  3, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  the  honor  to  have  received  your  letter  inviting  me  to  be 
present  at  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  to  be  hold- 
en  in  Boston,  on  the  seventh  instant. 

It  would  give  me  very  true  pleasure  to  accept  your  kind  invita- 
tion, and  meet  the  gentlemen  who  will  assemble  on  that  occasion. 
Among  them,  will  be  many,  no  doubt,  with  whom  I  have  cultivated 
friendly  social  relations  for  a  series  of  years,  and  many  more,  with 
whom  I  had  pleasant  early  associations,  and  whose  acquaintance  I 
should  be  most  happy  to  renew. 

A  feeling  of  State  pride,  also,  prompts  me  to  be  with  you. 
New  Hampshire  has  just  cause  to  rejoice  in  the  reputation  which 
has  been  given  to  her  by  her  Sons  who  have  located  themselves  in 
other  States  ;  and  they  have  thrown  back  the  most  brilliant  lustre 
upon  her,  whose  adopted  homes  are  in  old  Massachusetts. 

But  while  the  occasion  holds  out  so  strong  inducements  to  par- 
ticipate in  its  festivities,  my  engagements,  added  to  the  infirmities 
of  age,  will  not  allow  me  that  gratification. 

Should  a  suitable  opportunity  be  afforded  at  the  table,  I  beg  you 
to  ofier  for  me  the  following  sentiment :  — 

The  Sons  of  New  Hampshire  in  Boston  anditsVicinity  ! —  Their  native  State 
beholds  them  with  parental  pride,  and  would  hail  their  return  to  the  homes  of 
their  childhood  with  parental  aflection. 

With  many  thanks  for  your  polite  invitation, 

I  am,  Gentlemen,  with  great  respect. 

Your  obliged  friend  and  servant, 

JOSEPH  HEALY. 

To  Hon.  MARSHALL  P.  WTLDEK,  and  other.s 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


APPENDIX.  137 

[From  Hon.  Matthew  Harvey,  ex-  Governor  of  New  Hampsktre.] 

HoPKiNTOX,  N.  H.,  Oct.  29, 1849. 
Gentlemen : 

Your  note  of  invitation  for  me  to  be  present  at  the  Festival  of 
the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  on  the  seventh  of  November  next,  has 
been  duly  received ;  and  unless  some  obstacle,  now  unforeseen, 
should  arise  to  prevent  me,  I  shall  most  assuredly  avail  myself  of 
the  pleasure  of  being  present  on  that  occasion. 
With  great  respect.  Gentlemen, 

Your  ob't  servant, 

MATTHEW  HARVEY. 

To  M.  P.  WILDER,  Esq.,  and  others. 

Committee  of  Invitation. 


{From  Hon.  Andreav  S.  Woods,  Judge  of  tJie  Superior  Court  of  New  Hampshire.] 

Bath,  Nov.  5, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  regret  to  say,  at  this  late  hour,  that  it  will  not  be  in  my  power 
to  be  present  at  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  at 
Boston,  on  the  seventh  instant,  to  which  I  have  been  so  politely  invi- 
ted by  your  recent  note.  I  have  delayed  a  reply  in  the  hope  that, 
notwithstanding  my  official  and  other  engagements,  I  might,  per- 
chance, be  able  to  say  that  I  would  be  present  on  that  interest- 
ing occasion.  But  circumstances  forbid  the  idea,  and  it  only  re- 
mains for  me  to  console  myself  as  well  as  I  may  in  the  case,  to 
thank  you  for  the  kind  and  courteous  manner  in  which  you  were 
pleased  to  confer  on  me  the  distinction  of  a  free  ticket  of  ad- 
mission, and  to  subscribe  myself, 

Most  sincerely,  and  respectively. 

Your  ob't  servant, 

ANDREW  S.  WOODS. 

To  Messrs.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  and  others. 
Committee  of  Invitation,  Boston,  Mass. 


1,38  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

[From  Son.  Ira  A.  Eastman,  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  New  Hampshire.] 

Manchester,  Nov.  2,  1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

Yours  of  the  twenty-fifth  of  October,  inviting  me  to  attend  the 
"  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,"  at  your  City,  on  the 
seventh  instant,  has  been  forwarded  to  me  from  my  residence  at 
Gilmanton. 

Were  it  not  that  official  engagements  at  this  place,  necessarily 
preclude  my  attendance,  it  would  afford  me  the  greatest  satisfaction 
to  unite  in  your  festivities.  The  term  of  the  Court,  however, 
which  I  am  now  holding,  cannot  be  brought  to  a  close  till  after  the 
seventh,  and  I  am  therefore  compelled,  very  reluctantly,  to  deny 
myself  the  pleasure  of  being  present  on  the  occasion. 

You  will  please  accept  for  yourselves,  and  those  whom  you  rep- 
resent, my  profound  thanks  for  your  very  polite  invitation,  and  you 
have  my  sincere  wishes,  that  your  Festival  may  be  a  source  of 
gratification,  as  it  can  hardly  fail  to  be  to  all  who  may  be  so  for- 
tunate as  to  participate  in  its  enjoyments. 

Please  present  in  my  behalf,  to  the  Gentlemen  assembled,  the 
following  sentiment ;  — 

The  Memory  of  those  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  "who,  when  the  blood  of 
Lexington  flowed,  rushed  forth  from  their  Granite  hills,  and  were  ready  to  sac- 
rifice their  lives,  their  property,  and  fortunes,  in  defence  of  the  Old  Bay  State, 
and  of  the  Country. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Very  respectfully. 

Your  ob't  servant, 

IRA  A.  EASTMAN. 

To  Mk ssKS.  M,  P.  WILDER,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


[From  Hon.  Lkoxakd  Wilcox,  Juihje  of  the  Sujyerior  Court  of  New  Hampshire.] 

OiiFORD,  Oct.  29, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

It  would  afford  me  great  pleasure,  if  I  could  attend  the  Festival 
of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire  on  the  seventh  of  November.     But 


APPENDIX.  139 

my  engagements  will  not  permit.     With  acknowledgments  for  your 
kind  invitation,  I  am, 

Your  ob't  servant, 

LEONARD  WILCOX. 

Hon.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER, 

CHARLES   G.  GREENE,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


[Frotn  Hon.  Joel  Eastman.] 

Conway,  November  1, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of  the 
25th  ultimo,  inviting  me  to  be  present  at  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of 
New  Hampshire,  to  be  holden  on  the  seventh  instant  in  the  City  of 
Boston.  I  should  certainly  avail  myself  of  the  opportunity  I  have, 
through  your  invitation  to  be  present  on  that  interesting  occasion, 
but  for  indispensable  engagements  during  the  next  week  at  Court. 
Very  respectfully, 

Your  ob't  servant, 

JOEL  EASTMAN. 

To  MARSHALL  P.  WH.DER,  Esq.,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


[From  lion.  Thomas  P.  Treadwell,  Secretary  of  State  of  New  Hampshire.] 

Office  of  Secretary  of  State, 

Concord,  N.  II.,  Nov.  3,  1849. 
Gentlemen : 

Your  polite  invitation  to  attend  "  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New 
Hampshire"  on  the  seventh  inst.  has  been  received,  for  which  I  beg 
leave  to  tender  you  my  sincere  thanks.  It  would  be  gratifying  to 
me  to  meet  the  true  hearted  sons  of  our  noble  State,  the  men  who 
feel  proud  in  acknowledging,  as  their  birth-place,  the  old  (iranito 
State ;  but  my  engagements  arc  such  that  I  shall  hardly  be  able 


140  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

to  do  SO.     I  can  only  say,  God  bless  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire. 
Wherever  they  go,  may  prosperity  attend  them. 
Very  respectfully, 

THOMAS  P.  TREADWELL. 

To  M.  P.  WILDER,  Esq.,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 

Woodbury.,  Webster,  and  Cass.  —  Specimens  of  the  kind  of  cloth  manufactured 
at  the  Common  Schools  of  a  State,  sometimes  called  the  "  benighted  regions." 
New  Hampshire  is  constantly  producing  a  similar  article  for  home  consump- 
tion, and  for  exportation.  Wherever  met,  it  is  eagerly  sought  after,  for  the 
Pulpit,  the  Press,  the  Bar,  the  Bench,  the  Senate  Chamber,  and  the  Cabinet, 
always  commanding  the  highes  price,  because  it  is  the  best  article  of  the  kind, 
manufactured  in  these  United  States. 


[From  Zhr.  Amos  Twitchell.] 

Keene,  Nov.  4, 1849. 
Dear  Sir:  , 

I  have  had  the  honor  to  receive  your  invitation  to  attend  the 
Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  in  Boston,  on  the  seventh 
instant.  Nothing  would  give  me  greater  pleasure  than  to  meet  so 
many  of  my  old  friends,  as  will  undoubtedly  be  present  on  that  oc- 
casion, but  my  health  at  this  time  is  such  that  I  fear  I  shall  be 
unable  to  attend. 

The  Committee  will  accept  my  grateful  acknowledgments  for  their 
polite  invitation. 

Most  respectfully,  yours,  &c. 

AMOS  TWITCHELL. 

To  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  Esq. 


[From  Dr.  Nathan  Maktix.] 

Dover,  Oct.  29,  1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

Your  very  kind  invitation  to  me,  to  be  present  at,  and  participate 
in  the  social  enjoyment  of  "  the  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hamp- 
shire," on  the  seventh  of  November,  in  your  City,  has  been  duly 
received,  and  I  regret  exceedingly  that  a   prior  engagement  to 


APPENDIX.  141 

attend  the  Medical  Commencement  of  Dartmouth  College,  at  that 
time,  will  preclude  the  possibility  of  my  being  present  on  the  oc- 
casion. 

Nothing  could  give  me  more  pleasure  than  to  witness  the  assem- 
blage of  those,  whose  enterprise  has  induced  them  to  leave  their 
native  Granite  State,  to  embark  in  the  varied  pursuits  of  usefulness, 
fame,  and  fortune  in  another,  and  yet  are  so  mindful  of  her  mountains, 
forests,  and  vales,  that  they  deem  it  good  to  pause  in  the  midst  of 
their  absorbing  careers  and  give  a  day  to  their  congregated  thoughts 
of  their  natal  homes ;  the  scenes,  pursuits,  and  loves  of  their 
childhood. 

Please  accept  the  following  sentiment :  — 

New  Hampshire  !  —  Justly  proud  of  her  mountains,  her  enterprises,  and  her 
intellectual  treasures  at  home,  and  super-eminently  so  of  her  Sons  abroad. 


Yours,  truly, 


N.   MARTIN. 


To  Hox.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


[From  Hon.  Nicholas   Oilman.] 

Exeter,  Oct.  30,  1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  invitation  for 
the  seventh  of  November,  and  greatly  regret  that  a  previous  en- 
gagement will  deprive  me  of  the  pleasure  of  accepting  it. 

Very  respectfully,  yours, 

N.  GILMAN. 

To  Hox.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


[From  Hon.  Geokge  Fol.som.] 

New  York,  Nov.  7,  1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  yoxxr  polite  invitation  to  attend 
the  "  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,"  to  be  holden  in 
Boston   to-day,  and  regret  exceedingly  that  unavoidable  circum- 


142  NEW    HAMPSniRE    FESTIVAL. 

stances  have  prevented  its  acceptance.  I  had  cherished  the  hope 
of  being  able  to  attend,  up  to  a  late  hour  on  yesterday,  but  now 
only  have  it  in  my  power  to  send  you  the  following  sentiment :  — 

New  Hampshire  !  —  Enterprise,  skill,  and  success  have  marked  the  career  of 
her  sons  in  every  clime  ;  but  who  of  them,  in  the  remembrance  of  his  native 
land,  is  not  ready  to  exclaim  in  the  words  of  the  poet, 

"  Where'er  I  roam,  whatever  lands  I  see, 
My  heart  untravelled  fondly  turns  to  thee ! " 

With  the  highest  respect,  I  remain,  Gentlemen, 

Your  obliged  and  obedient  servant, 

GEORGE  FOLSOM. 

To  MARSHALL  P.  WKvDER,  Esq.,  and  others,  Committee,  &c. 


\From  lion.  Justin  Butterfield.] 

Washington,  Nov.  4,  1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  polite  invita- 
tion requesting  my  presence  at  the  "  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New 
Hampshire,"  to  take  place  at  Boston,  on  the  seventh  instant. 

While  I  regret  that  it  will  be  out  of  my  power  to  comply  with 
your  request,  I  am  gratified  that  the  opportunity  is  afforded  me  of 
expressing  my  respect  and  affection  for  the  land  of  my  birth  and 
the  scenes  of  my  early  home. 

New  Hampshire  has  cause  to  be  proud  of  her  sons,  a  hardy, 
enterprising,  intelligent,  and  law-abiding  race.  They  acted  a  patriotic 
and  distinguished  part  in  the  War  of  the  Ilevolution,  and  in  1776 
led  the  van  in  forming  a  Constitution  founded  on  the  free  suffrages 
of  the  ])eo{)le. 

In  addition  to  this,  she  has  produced  Statesmen  and  Orators,  who 
have  commanded  the  admiration  and  won  the  plaudits  of  the  civil- 
ized world. 

I  propose  this  sentiment : 

"  7V<e   Granite  State  and  her  <jiflcd  Sons!" 

I  am.  Gentlemen, 

With  great  respect,  yours,  very  truly, 

JUSTIN  BUTTERFIELD. 


APPENDIX.  14ft 

[From  Col.  E.  F.  Milleb.] 

Salem,  Nov.  6, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

Your  letter  of  invitation  to  the  "  Festival  of  the  Sons  of  New 
Hampshire,"  reached  me  this  morning  ;  having  been,  in  the  first  in- 
stance, forwarded  to  Temple,  N.  H. 

Allow  me  to  thank  you  for  the  civility,  so  kindly  extended  to 
me,  and  to  say,  that  it  will  give  me  great  pleasure  to  attend  on 
the  occasion  referred  to. 

I  am,  very  respectfully, 

Your  ob't  servant, 

E.  F.  MILLER. 

To  Messes.  MARSHAI.L  P.  WILDER,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


[From  James  Bell,  Esq.] 

Gilford,  Nov.  1, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  exceedingly  regret  that  circumstances  put  it  out  of  my  power 
to  meet,  agreeably  to  your  polite  invitation,  with  the  natives  of 
New  Hampshire,  at  their  Festival  in  your  City. 

Hoping  that  you  and  the  friends  whom  you  may  meet,  on  an 
occasion  so  interesting,  may  derive  from  it  all  the  pleasure  it  is  so 
well  calculated  to  afford,  I  am. 

Yours,  respectfully, 

JAMES  BELL. 

To  Messrs.  MARSHALL  T.  WILDER,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


[From  T.  R.   Young,  Esr/.] 

Dover,  N.  H.,  Nov.  5,  1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

Your  very  polite  letter  of  invitation,  to  be  present  at  the  "  Fes- 
tival of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  to  be  holden  in  your  City  on 
the  seventh  instant,"  was  handed  me  while  on  a  flying  visit  through 
19 


144  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

the  city,  and  I  seize  the  first  moment  of  leisure  to  return  my  most 
sincere  acknowledgments  for  your  kindness. 

Nothing  would  afford  me  greater  gratification  than  to  be  pres- 
ent on  an  occasion  so  well  calculated  to  elicit  those  warm  and 
generous  sentiments,  which  a  people  of  one  common  origin  cannot 
too  highly  cherish. 

And  I  most  sincerely  regret,  that  a  matter  of  business  which  a 
common  feeling  of  affection  will  not  permit  to  be  neglected,  and 
which,  I  fear,  will  require  more  time  than  can  be  spared  from  my 
post  of  duty,  prevents  my  availing  myself  of  your  kindness  and 
hospitality. 

I  am,  Gentlemen,  very  respectfully. 

Your  ob't  servant, 

T.  R.  YOUNG. 

To  Messrs.  MARSHALL  P.  WILDER,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


[Frmn  Peyton  R.  Peeeman,  Esij.] 

Portsmouth,  Nov.  3, 1849. 
Dear  Sir: 

I  have  received  a  complimentary  ticket  of  admission  to  the  Fes- 
tival of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire,  at  Boston,  on  the  seventh  instant, 
accompanied  by  a  very  polite  note  from  the  respectable  Committee 
of  Invitation. 

I  regret  that  it  will  not  be  convenient  for  me  to  avail  myself  of 
the  pleasure  of  meeting  the  emigrants  from  our  native  State  on 
that  occasion.     My  best  wishes  attend  them. 

Have  the  goodness  to  communicate  this,  as  my  answer,  if  neces- 
sary, and  as  you  think  proper,  and  oblige 

Your  friend  and  humble  servant, 

PEYTON  11.  lllEExMAN. 

To  CHARLES  B.  GOODRICH,  Esq. 

Of  Conunittec  of  Invitation. 


APPENDIX.  145 

[From  Isaac  O.  Barnes,  Esq.,  late  U.  S.  Marshal  for  Massachusetts.] 

Franconia  Notch,  N.  H.,  Nov.  5, 1849. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  have  received  your  very  polite  note  of  invitation  to  the  public 
Dinner,  to  be  given  the  day  after  to-morrow,  to  and  by  the  Sons  of 
New  Hampshire,  in  the  City  of  Boston. 

I  regret,  exceedingly,  that  it  will  probably  be  out  of  my  power  to 
attend.  Circumstances  will  not  very  unlikely  hinder  me  from 
leaving  my  home. 

At  the  moment,  I  had  almost  determined,  at  whatever  hazard  or 
cost,  to  make  one  of  your  party.  "  We  cannot  tell  what  we  can- 
not do,"  I  said  to  myself,  "  and  it  may  be  that  one  as  old  and 
unwieldy  as  myself  even,  can,  by  the  wonderful  improvement  in 
locomotion,  be  carried  to  this  city  feast."  I  hinted  the  matter  to 
my  neighboi*s ;  I  longed  to  be  with  you.  The  thing  was  blown ; 
opposition  was  aroused ;  all  my  neighbors  were  at  war  with  me. 
They  remonstrated,  and  entreated  me  not  to  leave.  I  was  too 
deeply  seated  in  their  affections.  I  was  the  nucleus,  the  core,  the 
heart  of  hearts  of  the  whole  Notch.  I  was  bound  to  them  by 
chains  of  adamant.  We  were  melted  and  blended  together ; 
cemented  as  by  fire,  as  were  the  Stony  Siamese  Tivins ;  we 
were  Lot  and  his  hapless  wife  rolled  into  one  pillar  of  salt.  My 
absence  would  create  an  awful  chasm,  which  could  never  be  filled. 
Would  I  tear  and  rend  and  rive  myself  from  them  ;  would  I  become, 
as  it  were,  a  detached  fragment,  a  disintegrated  and  unappreciable 
particle,  an  atom  only,  a  vagabond,  a  mere  erratic  boulder ;  a  wan- 
derer and  outcast  upon  the  earth's  surface.  I  was  forced  to  yield. 
What  else  could  be  done?  Could  I  have  answered  these,  my 
ancient  and  dearest  friends,  except  in  the  kindest  terms  ?  I  could 
not  have  said  that  at  all  events,  and  in  defiance  of  all  resistance,  I 
will  go,  right  or  wrong ;  that  I  would  be  bhmm  into  ten  thousand 
pieces ;  that  I  would  be  blasted,  «jronnd  to  rubble,  macadamized, 
'pulverized,  but  I  would  go.  No !  I  sulimitted,  and  all  is  quiet  at 
tlie  Notch.  But,  confidentially  and  strictly  between  ourselves,  I 
do  verily  believe,  that  I  shall  yet  visit  your  far-famed  New  England 
metropolis,  and  you  may  say  to  our  mutual  friends,  that  they  may 
yet  see  my  familiar  face  in  State  Street,  making  my  own  observa- 


146  NEW     HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

tions  upon  Brokers  and  Note  shavers ;  or,  possibly,  meet  me  of  a 
moonlight  evening  on  your  Common,  peeping  through  the  Elms, 
and  lamenting  the  freedom  of  too  ardent  lovers,  or  looking  after 
the  purchasers  of  house  lots  in  the  Public  Garden. 

But  I  feel  confident  that,  at  whatever  period  it  may  be  my  for- 
tune to  visit  your  city,  I  shall  not  come  among  you  as  a  stranger. 
I  am  proud  to  believe  that,  with  most  of  your  citizens,  I  enjoy  an 
acquaintance  more  or  less  familiar.  I  doubt  not  but  hats  "would  be 
raised  in  quick  succession  along  any  of  your  public  promenades  of 
a  week  day ;  or  the  pew  doors  would  be  freely  opened  of  a  Sunday, 
were  I  to  present  myself  to  the  view  of  your  citizens.  The  kind- 
ness and  hospitality  of  the  Boston  people  are  well  known,  even  up 
here  among  the  Mountains.  I  have  said  that  I  would  probably  be 
no  stranger  among  you.  I  do  not  say  so  in  the  spirit  of  egotism, 
or  personal  vanity.  Of  the  thousands  who  yearly  pass  my 
somewhat  secluded  and  romantic  residence,  I  believe  I  may 
safely  say,  no  one  omits  to  tarry  for  a  moment  and  pay  me  all  due 
respect. 

How  often  have  I  seen  the  stageman,  as  his  weary  cattle  were 
tolling  up  this  rocky  gorge,  suddenly  stop,  and  pointing  with  his 
whip  towards  my  place,  cry  out  to  the  inmates  of  his  coach,  "  There 
he  is  ;  that  is  the  Old  Man."  With  what  longing  eyes  and  eager 
gaze  did  the  whole  bevy  of  his  passengers  catch,  for  the  first  time, 
a  glimpse  of  my  face.  It  would  have  amused,  and,  perhaps,  some- 
times have  instructed  you,  to  hear  the  speculations  and  comparisons 
of  each  new  visitor,  after  the  first  sensation  of  wonder  had  passed. 

Let  me  give  you  an  example  or  two.  I  remember  one  man  said 
that  I  was  like  the  singing  Monument  of  Thebes,  my  forehead, 
nose,  lips,  and  all ;  and  if  I  could  give  responses,  and  any  body 
would  take  the  trouble  to  ask  them  of  me,  he  doubted  not  but  I, 
like  that  strange  structure  of  antiquity,  would  commend  the  virtues 
of  filial  aftection  and  gratitude  to  all  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of 
New  llampsliirc.     lie  was  right,  so  I  would. 

Another  did  me  the  honor  to  say,  that  my  head  would  be  an 
ornament  to  any  pyramidal  structure  in  all  Egypt,  and  that  old 
Cheops  himself  might  Avell  envy  the  symmetry  of  its  form,  or  its 
great  anticjuity.  He  was  also  right  in  one  respect ;  I  am  indeed 
rather  old.,  and  believe  I  may  safely  lay  claim  to  the  title  of  that 


APPENDIX.  147 

somewhat  uncertain  but  often  invoked  personage,  called  the  "  Old- 
est Inhabitant 

A  third  observer  impressed  upon  his  fellow  travellers,  as  they 
passed  along,  that  I  looked  more  like  a  work  of  art,  than  the 
Sphynxes,  or  Cleopatra's  Needle,  or  Pompey's  Pillar ;  that  there 
was  so  much  finish,  and  such  chiselling  and  good  keeping  about 
me,  that  he  thought  Powers,  or  Crreenough,  or  Dexter,  or  possibly 
Ball  Hughes,  had  been  up  here  working  upon  a  contract. 

Another,  an  Antiquarian  I  imagined,  for  he  had  the  look  of  a 
true  virtuoso,  very  gravely  said,  that  he  took  me  for  a  Saxon  pet- 
rifaction, and  he  believed  I  was  the  prototype  and  the  first  of  that 
race  who  came  from  the  Eastern  continent ;  "  and  I  should  not  won- 
der," he  said,  "  if  it  turned  out  after  all  that  when  he  came,  he 
brought  along  with  him  both  the  Dighton  rock  and  also  that  won- 
derful specimen  in  mineralogy,  a  piece  of  which  every  body  has 
stolen  or  desired  to  steal,  called  sometimes  the  Plymouth  Rock, 
and  sometimes  the  Blarney  stone  of  America." 

These  statements,  ■Which  I  beseech  of  you,  Gentlemen,  not  to 
make  public,  I  think  ought  to  satisfy  the  world  that  I  am  entitled 
to  some  consideration,  and  have  a  fame  which  reaches  beyond  the 
narrow  limits  hitherto  assigned  me  in  Grafton  County.  I  ought  to 
have  told  you,  however,  in  addition,  that  I  have,  like  other  distin- 
guished personages,  been  asked  to  sit  for  my  picture ;  I  have  done 
so  often.  I  hope  you  have  all  procured  a  copy  of  my  face  ;  if  you 
have  not,  let  me  recommend  you  to  purchase  one,  done  in  profile, 
most  life-like  and  exact,  by  a  Massachusetts  fiiend,  of  the  name  of 
Oakes,  an  amiable  and  accomplished  gentleman,  and  a  skilful  artist. 
I  grieve  to  learn  that  he  is  now  no  more ;  that  he  died  about  two 
years  ago,  leaving  a  large  family,  for  whose  benefit  and  to  minister 
to  whose  necessities  I  take  the  liberty  to  ask  you  to  make  this  pur- 
chase. 

Only  for  fear  I  am  making  this  letter  too  long,  I  would  be  most 
happy  to  allude  to  one  or  two  other  topics,  of  some  interest  to  every 
body,  but  I  must  forbear,  except  to  say  thus  much  generally,  that 
I  am  myself  no  politician.  I  have  never  held  office,  or  been  a 
candidate  even,  though  I  am  often  told  by  my  friends  that  I  really 
possessed  qualifications  fully  equal  to  many  persons  who  have  been 
promoted  to  the  high  places  in  the  nation. 


148  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Be  that  as  it  may,  I  am  neither  Whig,  Democrat,  nor  a  Free 
Soil  man ;  I  am  no  party-man  in  politics ;  I  am  no  sectarian  in 
religion ;  I  am  no  dissembler  in  morals ;  I  quarrel  with  no  man 
for  his  thoughts  or  opinions ;  I  envy  no  one  his  riches  or  honors, 
nor  do  I  despise  the  poor  man  for  his  poverty.  I  never  listen  to  flat- 
tery, nor  incline  my  ear  to  the  tale-bearer  or  slanderer. 

In  short  I  can  safely  say,  what  I  am  afraid  can  be  said  of  very 
few  others,  that  I  have  never,  to  my  knowledge,  done  an  act,  or 
entertained  a  thought,  which  will  need  repentance  before  the  face 
of  Heaven. 

Finally,  I  am.  Gentlemen, 

Your  obedient  servant. 
The  Old  Man  of  the  Mountain. 

To  Messrs.  MARSHALL  P.  Wn.DER,  and  others, 
Committee  of  Invitation. 


NAMES 


SONS   OF  NEW    HAMPSHIRE 


FESTIVAL. 


REGISTRY. 


The  first  column  designates  the  names  of  the  Sons  of  New  Hampshire  at  the  Festival  ;  the  second, 
their  birth-place  ;  the  third,  the  date  of  their  removal  to  Massachusetts  ;  the  fourth,  their  present 
business ;  and  the  last  one  shows  their  present  residence. 


ROCKIXGILVM  COUNTY. 

Names.  Where  from.        Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

Abbott,  John  E Portsmouth,  . .  1 840, .  Merchant,  , Boston. 

Adams,  Jolin  G Portsmouth, .. .  1838,.  Minister, Maiden. 

Adams,  Benjamin. . .  .Exeter, Mei'chant, Boston. 

Allen,  Samuel  li Salem, 1831,.  Clothing  Dealer, Somervillc. 

Anderson,  John Londonderry,  .  1846,. Dry  Goods, Roxbury. 

Aycrs,  Ira Portsmouth,  . .  1827, .Barber, Boston. 

Butler,  Josiah  AV Dcerfield, 1 842, .  (Jroeer, 

Boles,  John Salem, 1806, .  Housewright, " 

Bennet,   Cotton Newmarket, Beverly. 

Burpee,  Nathaniel. . .  .Deertield. 1825..Brickmaker, Cambridge. 

Briard,  Oliver Portsmouth, ..  .182.5.. Merchant, Boston. 

Bigelow,  D.  Jackson . .  Portsmouth, ...  1 844, .  Bookseller, " 

Blunt,  Charles  E Portsmouth,  . .  1846,.  U.  S.  Army, " 

Brodhead,  Josiah  A..  .Newmarket,  . .  1842, .Bookseller, " 

Brown,  Josiah Stratham, 1821,.  Carpenter, " 

Butler,  Dc Witt  C Deerfield, 1 842, .  Grocer, " 

Brown,  Ira  P N.  Hampton, Carjjentcr, Lynn. 

Blasdel,  John  C Portsmouth,  .  .1845, Boston. 

Brown,  Isaac  E Windliam,. . .  .1837,. Merchant, Ciiarlestown. 

Brodhead,  J.  C Newmarket,. . .  1827.. Clerk, Portsmouth. 

Beck,  Gideon Portsmouth,  . .  183t),.  Auctioneer, Boston. 

Brodiiead,  Josiah  A..  .Newmarket, ..  .1842,.  Bookseller, '■ 

Bacheldcr,  Albert  J..  .Xortliwood.. . .  1841,. Carpenter, '• 

Badger,  J.  L Portsmouth, .  ..1842, .  Ship wr't and  Caulker,.         " 

Bell,  A.  W Portsmoulli.  .  .  1843 Dordiester. 

Ball,  Charles  W Portsmouth,  .  .  1842..  Suffolk  Bank, Salem. 

Ball,  H  W Portsmoutii,  .  .1843,. Dry  Goods, Somervillc. 

Ball,  T.   M Portsmouth,  . .  1829,.  Merchant Boston. 

Bartlett,  B.  C Nottingham, .. .  184.5,.  Attorney  at  Law, Chelsea. 

Barker,   Charles  A.. .  .Newington Trader, Charlestown. 

Barnes,  Benjamin  II.. Portsmouth. ..  .1817..  Teller  in   Bank. Chelsea. 

20 


152  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Names.  Where  from.        Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

Basford,  Henry Chester, 18;i4,.  W.  I.  Goods. Roxbury. 

Bazin,  Wm.  C Portsmouth,  . .  1818,. Clerk,  P.  O Boston. 

Bean,  James  A Rye, 1839, .  Furniture   Dealer, ....         " 

Chase,  Theodore Portsmouth,. . .  1835,. Merchant, " 

Chase,  Charles Decrticld,   1836, .Physician, Chelsea. 

Chapman,  Francis  L.. Newmarket,. .  .1831,.  Carriage  Builder, Cambridge. 

Cotton,  Nathaniel.  . .  .Portsmouth, ..  .1817, .Lumber  Surveyor,. ... 

Crockett,  Geo.  W Northwood,  ...1819,.  West  India  Goods, ....  Boston. 

Clement,  Jeremiah. .  .Chester 1841,.  Grocer, " 

Chapman,  E.  A Newmarket,. . .  1826,. Can-iagc  Builder, Cambridge, 

Crane,  T.  Fan-ar Exeter, 1844, .  At  School, Boston. 

Claggett,  J.  Bart Portsmouth, ..  .1846,.  Attorney  at  Law, " 

Chadwick,  Eben'r Exeter, 1810,. Merchant, " 

Cogswell,    George. . .  .Atkinson, 1830.. Physician. Bradford. 

Crooker,  H.  B Derry, 1833..Housewright, Boston. 

Cogswell,  Francis. . .  .Atkinson, 1842, .Cash.  Andover  Bk.. . .  Andover. 

CarswcU,  Charles  W. ..Northwood,. . .  1844,. Merchant, Boston. 

Cheevcr,  John Portsmouth,  .  .1824.. Physician Charlestown. 

Chapman.  Faulkner. .  .Newmarket,  . .  1835,.  Carriage  Painter, " 

Cheever,  Joseph Portsmouth,  .  .1847,. Physician, Boston. 

Cochran,  Nelson Windham.. . . .  1842,.  Shoe  Manufacturer,. .  .Melrose. 

Cliutock,  Wm.  F.  M..  .Portsmouth,  .  .1837,.  Dealer  in  Vegetables,.  .Boston. 

Clark,  William Portsmouth,  .  .181 9,. Physician, " 

Crockett, Ephraim. . .  .Stratham,  . . .  .1823.. Furniture  Carver,  ....         " 

Cheney,  John  E Londonderry,  .  1832,.  Stable  Keeper, " 

Cheever,  John  Haven. Portsmouth,. . .  1840,.^Icrchant, " 

Clarke,  Moses Atkinson, Physician. Cambridge. 

Cochran,  Jonathan  . . .  Windham, Land  Surveyor, Maiden. 

Cavcrly,  Charles Portsmouth,  . .  1815,.  Collector, Boston. 

Dudley,  E.  G Raymond, 1841,.  Attorney  at  Law, " 

Dudley.  BcnjaminF..  .Raymond,  . . .  .1843, .  Copiicrsmith, " 

Drake,  Francis  S Northwood, . . .  1829,. Book  Kcci)er, " 

Dearborn,  Jeremiah.  .Portsmouth,.. .  1824,. Merchant, Lynn. 

Dow,  George Salem, 1841,. Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Dennett,  Jeremiah  A.  .Portsmouth, ...  1836,.  Paper  ILuigings, '• 

Dearborn,  Nathaniel.  .Portsmouth, ..  .1790, .Engraver, " 

Dearborn,  H.  A.  S.. .  .Exeter Mayor, Roxbury. 

Dearborn,  John  M..  .  .Portsmouth,  Range  and  Furnace,.  .Boston. 

Dearborn,  S.  O Candia, 1840,. Merchant, Melrose. 

Dearborn.  E.  B N.  Hami)ton,. .  1849 Boston. 

Ditson,  Thomas Portsmouth,  .  .  1814,.  Engineer '• 

Dudley,  Moses  G Raymond,  .  .  .  .1845,.U.  S.  Coast  Survey,.  .  .Salcin. 

Dinsniore,  Robert  .  .  .  .Chester, 1847,.  Hotel  Keeper, Boston. 

Dearborn.  Nathaniel.  .Kensington, Farmer, Lxun. 

Ewins.  Alexander.  .  .  .Sali'ni 184-'!,.  Trader, lioston. 

Easthani,  Wm.  W Exeter, lS.i5.. Brush  Dealer, " 

Emery,  (;e(j.  Francis.  .Portsmouth,.. .  1S28, .Printer " 

Eu<tis,  W.  T 1  S(I9, . Merchant " 


ROCKINGHAM   COUNTY.  IBt 


Names.  Where  firom.  Date.  Busineas.  Present  Residence. 

Eastham,   Charles Exeter, 1832,. Dentist, IJoston. 

Emerson,  Frederick . .  Hampstead, . . .  182.3, .  Instructor, " 

Eastman,  E.  T Hampstead, . . .  1847, .  Student  of  Medicine, . .         " 

Eaton,  Moses,  Jr Candia, 1846,. Trader, " 

Eastman,  J.  T Hampstead,. . .  1 84.5,. Dry  Goods, " 

Emerson,  Elijah  C Chester, 1834,. Merchant,  Brookline. 

Emerson,  N.  F Chester, 1 847, .  Produce, Boston. 

French,  James S.  Hampton,  .  .1840,. Pub.  and  Stationer,. . .         " 

Fitz,  Daniel Sandown, 1826,. Preacher  of  Gospel,.  .  .Ipswich. 

French,  Ahner Sandown, 1837,. Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Ford,   Ebenczer Nottingham,  .  .1819,. Blacksmith, Charlestown. 

Frye,  Isaac  W Portsmouth,  .  .1829,. Printer, Boston. 

Frost.  James  M Newcastle, ....  1841,.  Carpenter, " 

Folsom,  Charles Exeter, 1810,. Lib.  Boston  Ath'm,. .  .Canbridge. 

Fields,  George  A Portsmouth,  . .  1833,. Bookbinder, Boston. 

Fields,  James  T Portsmouth, Pub.  and  Bookseller,. .         " 

Fernald,  N.  Marshall . .  Portsmouth,  . .  1 847, .  Th'd  &  Needle  Store, . .         " 

Furber,  Page North  wood, Provision  Dealer, " 

Furber,  Wm.  H.  H.  . .  Northwood, Fr't  Deal.  F.  H.  Mk't, . .         " 

French,  Moses  S Epping, 183.3,.  Conductor  11.  R Watertown. 

Fitz,  Luther Chester, 1847,. Produce, Charlestown. 

Fitts.  Levi  B Chester, 184l,.IIackman, Boston. 

French,  Geo.  P Sandown, 1845, .  Merchant, " 

Frost,  Horatio Newcastle, 1843,. Painter, " 

Gage,  Tenney  K Londonderry,  .  1 843, .  Dry  Goods, " 

Gordon,  Geo.  Wm.. .  .Exeter, " 

Gookin,  Samuel  H Portsmouth,  .  .1836, .  Merchant, " 

Gordon,  John Salem, 1822,. Farmer, Brighton. 

George,  Lcander Londonderry,  .1842, .Boot  Maker, Braintrec. 

Gilman,  Charles  J Exeter, Attorney, 

Gilraan,  Charles  J.  G..  Exeter. Attorney, 

Grant,   George Portsmouth,  .  .1823. .Provision   Dealer,. ..  .Boston. 

Greene,  M.  C Dccrlield, 1842. .  Physician  and  Surg... .         " 

Ilobbs,  Wm.  J.  C N.  Hampton,.  .1837,. Produce, " 

Ilealey,  Mark Kensington,  ...1811,.  Merchant, Lynn. 

Ilazeiton,  Isaac  II Chester, 1826, .Mason, Boston. 

Hill,  Oliver  B Northwood,  .  . .  18.3.5, .  Independent  Post,. ...         " 

Hayford,  Riley Salem, 1805,.(irocer '* 

Hill,  Wm.  H Portsmouth,  .  .1832,.  Stationer, " 

Hayford,  William Derry 1816,.  Brick  Layer, " 

Hall,  Timothy Portsmoutli. ..  .1844,.  Com.  Merchant " 

Haven.  George  W Portsmouth...  .1840,.  Author " 

Hill.  J.  Haven Northwood,  . . .  1839.. Merchant  Tailor, 

Hall.  Hiram Chester 1833..Housewright, Roxl)ury. 

Hill,  Joseph  II Northwood.  .  . .  1842.,  Tailor. Boston. 

Hinds,  A.  M Greenland Provision  Dealer, .  ...  " 

Hill,  George I^jrtsniouth.  .  .1816. .Merchant Hoxbury. 

Hickey,  T.  Ilendee,  .  .Portsmouth,  .  .184r),.Urv  Goods, lioston. 


154  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Namei.  Where  trom.        Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

Hills,  John  R Chester, 1842,.  Clerk, Boston. 

Hayes,  James  A Newcastle, 1837,. Merchant, " 

Hylan,   Sumner Londonderry, Machinist, Lowell. 

Hohbs,  M.  II T>ondonderry, 

Hobbs,  Simon  L N.  Hampton,.  .1848,. Publisher, Boston. 

Hobbs,  J.  W.  F N.  Hampton, . .  1 837, .  Staging, " 

Haley,  J.J Epping, 18.39,.  Merchant, " 

Holman,  Joseph  F Portsmouth,  . .  1840,.  Apothecary, " 

Hill,  Walter  E Portsmouth,  . .  1 828, .  Dry  Goods, " 

Hilton,  John Newmarket, .. .  1819,. Trader, Lynn. 

Hi-ton,  John  F Newmarket,  . .  1821, .Lynn  and  Boston  Ex. .         " 

Harris,  Charles  C Portsmouth,  .  .1847,.  Teacher, Boston. 

Hall,  Orrin Candia, Grocer, Cambridge. 

Jenness,  J.  S Deerfield, 183.5,. Imp'r  Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Kennard,  M.  P Portsmouth,  .  .183G,. Merchant, 

Kennard,  Oliver  P.,  Jr.. Portsmouth,  .  .1840,.Sliip  Chandler, '• 

Kennard,  William  IL.l'ortsmouth,  . .  1840,. Clerk, " 

Kennard,  John   S Portsmouth,  . .  1844,. Dry  Goods, " 

Kennard,  Geo.  W Portsmouth,  .  .1846,.  Clerk, " 

Knowles,  Wm.  J Chester, Carpenter, " 

Knowlton,  John  B.. .  .Portsmouth,  . .  1836,. Merchant, " 

Kelley,  W.  R Exeter, 1 805, .  Merchant  Tailor, " 

Locke,  Samuel  B Newmarket,. .  .184.5,.  Junk  Dealer, Melrose. 

Leavitt,  Benson Ilamp'n  Falls,.  1826,. Merchant, Boston. 

Little,  Nidiolas Salem, 1813,.BIacksmitli, " 

Little,  E.  H llampsteud,. .  .1820,. Mechanic, " 

Locke,  Oliver Kingston, 1835,. Merchant, " 

Leavitt,  John  L E.xctcr. 1829,. Manufacturer, " 

Locke,  Cornelius  E Portsmouth,  . .  1848,.  Clerk, " 

Little,  Walter Ilampstcad, ..  .1825, " 

McGregor,   James. . .  .Londonderry,  ..181 5,. Merchandise, " 

Mason,  Robert  M Portsmouth, ..  .1840,. Merchant, " 

Marsh,  Thomas  J Exeter, 1832,. Public  Store  Keeper,.  .Lynn. 

Moulton,  C.  II Portsmouth,..  .1844,. Printer, Boston. 

Morrison,  Alva Windliam,  . . . .  1826,.  Woolen  Manufac'r, . .  .Braintree. 

Miller,  Moses Portsmouth...  .1816,.Ins])cctor  of  Fish, Boston. 

]\Iann,  N.  P Portsmouth, ..  .1819, .Fish  Dealer, " 

Mc(;rcgor,  Alex Derry 1826,. Hotel  Keeper, " 

I^Icrrill.  Parker S.  Hampton..  .1848.. Clerk " 

Merrill,  Geo.    S S.  Ilani|)tun,.  .1849,.  Clerk. " 

Merrill,   Nathan S.  IIaini)t()n.. .  18.33,. Bookseller, Ciiarlestown. 

Melcher.  Syl voter.  .  .  .Portsmouth, Lowell. 

Mudge.  A.  C Portsinouth.  .  .1839..  Dry  Goods, Boston. 

M'lrdcii,  William Portsmouth,  ..  1819,.  Printer, " 

.Melcher.  Wm.  N Portsmouth.  .  .  1  830. .  Ex])ress Lynn. 

Merrill.   Beuj.  L Portsmouth.  .  .  1S41..  Trader, Boston. 

Manli'n.  Jetbrsoii  C..  .Portsmouth,  .  .  1S3I..  ('ar]>ent(  r. 

McClure.  David Kaymon<l 1829, .  Trader. Cambridge. 


ROCKINGHAM   COUNTY.  155 

Names.  Where  from.  Bate.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

McAlvin,  John  B Windham, 1819,.Pa}'master  Saff.  Co.  .  .I^wcll. 

Nutting,  Benjamin  F. .  Portsmouth, Artist, Boston. 

Norris,  Joseph  B Deerfield , 1 835, .  West  India  Goods, ...         " 

Norris,  Samuel  M Newmarket,. . .  1845,.  Clerk, " 

Nojcs,  Francis Atkinson, 1837, .  Manufacturer, N.  Dan  vers. 

Packer,    George Nottingham, ...1817,.  Morocco  Manufac'r, . .  Boston. 

Parrott,  Wra.  W Portsmouth, ..  .1836,. Merchant, Gloucester. 

Patten,  C.  B Kingston, Clerk, Boston. 

Plumer,  William Epping, 1847,. Attorney  at  Law, Cambridge. 

Parker,  William Windham, 1827,.  Mason, Boston. 

Plummer,  Enoch Londonderry,  .  1821,. Bridge  Builder, " 

Peirce,  Joshua  R Greenland, Student, Har\ard  Col'g. 

Prescott,  B.  T Brentwood,  . . .  1827,. Dentist, Boston. 

Pike,  A.  R.  C Portsmouth,  . .  1835,.  Salesman, '• 

Philbrick,  John  D Deertield, 1842,. Teach.  Quincy  School,         '• 

Plumer,  Avery,  Jr.. .  .Portsmouth,  . .  1832,. Merchant, " 

Parker,  Francis  E Portsmouth,  .  .1846.. Lawyer,. " 

Parrott,  Wm.  F Portsmouth,  . .  1844,. Merchant, '• 

Pike,  E.  W Hamp'n  Falls, .  1830, .  Carpenter, " 

Paige,  Charles  E N.  Hampton,. .  1829,.  Wood  and  Coal  Dealer,        " 

Prince,  J.  M Candia, 1846, .Insurance  Broker,. . .  .Chelsea. 

Pickering,  Wash'n.. .  .Portsmouth,  .  ,1835,. Car  Builder, Boston. 

Pickering,  D.  N Newington,  . .  .1831,.  Car  Builder, " 

Patten,  Ichabod  B Kingston, 1 843, .  Pharmaceutist, " 

Parrott,  E.  G Portsmouth,  .  .1849,.U.  S.  Navy, Boston  Station. 

Page,  Horatio Portsmouth, Cincinnati. 

Pickering,  Winthrop . .  Newington, 

Pinkerton,  J.  M Dcrry, 1845,.  Attorney  at  Law, Boston. 

Rowe,  Shcrburn Caiulia, 1827,. Broker, " 

Robinson,  Shadrack.  .Greenland,. . .  .1832,. Flour  Dealer. " 

Rust,  Samuel E.xeter, Tin  Plate  Worker Lynn. 

Robinson,  Frederick.  .E.KCter, Warden  State  Prison,.  Cliarlcstown. 

Rollins.  N.  F Stratham, 1831,. Carpenter, Cambridge. 

Sise.  Albert  F Portsmouth,  .  ..1848,.  Clerk, Boston. 

Smith.  Hiram  D Candia, 1847, .Clerk, " 

Stevens,  El)cnczcr. . .  .Plaistow, 1821,. Physician, " 

Sweetser,   Isaac Chester, 1837,.  I'aints  and  Drugs,. ...         " 

Sheafc,  Daniel  R Portsmouth, ..  .1830,. Merchant, " 

Sliaw,  Edward Hampton, 1822,.  Ardiitect, " 

Swasey,  Charles  E..  .  .Exeter, Clerk, Dan  vers. 

Stevens,  James Newcastle 1 810.. Plane  Maker, Boston. 

Shackford.  John  E..  .  .Portsmoutli,  . ,  1846.  .Mereliant Roxbiiry. 

Stacy,  M.  P Portsnuuith.  .  .  1845,.  Mcrcliant, Cambridge. 

Smith,  D.  1) Portsmouth Physician, Boston. 

Sisc,  John rortsmoiith Clerk 

Shirley,  Win.  W Ciiester, Lamp  Lii;hter 

Swasey,  Joseph  L I'.xeter, 1 829. .  Clerk  B.  &  P.  K.  R " 

Simcs,  Joseph I'ortsmouth,  .  .1827,. Merchant, 


156  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Names.  Where  from.        Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

Rhnplcy,  F.  A Portsmouth, Clerk, Boston. 

Stevens,  Edward  C.  .Brentwood,  . .  .1849,. Carpet  Dealer, " 

Safford,  Geo.  W E.\cter, 1841,. Book  Keeper, " 

Sanborn,  Alfred  S Exeter, Carpenter, " 

Sanborn,  Greenleaf  C. Exeter, 1824, .Carpenter, " 

Sheafe,  Mark  W Portsmouth,  , .  1840,. Farmer, Brooklinc. 

Seaward.  John  M Portsmouth, Merchant, Natick. 

Shaw,  E.  D Hampton, 1814,. Blacksmith, Boston. 

Sarjient,   Charles Windham, 1 830, .  Teamster, " 

Sar>;e7it,  James Windham, , . .  .18.38,.  Teamster, " 

Sliillal)er,  Benj.  P Portsmouth,  . .  1832,. Printer, " 

Sleeper,  Daniel  C Sandown, 1848,. Provision  Dealer,  ....         " 

Seuter,  Wm.  II Portsmouth,  . .  1847,. Dry  Goods, " 

Stevens,  John Plaistow, 1820, .  Physician, " 

Stockman,  Charles  W..  Hampton, 1829,. Printer, Charlcstown. 

Stockman.  J.  M Hampton, 1 829, .  Wood  Turner, " 

Tucker,  Boswcll  D Plaistow, 1840,. Mason, Boston. 

Tucker.  Stephen Plaistow, 1840,.Sup't  Public  Lands,. .  " 

Todd.  Isaac  F Atkin.son, 1847,.  Accountant, " 

Turell,  Garland Portsmouth,  .  .1843,. Broker, W.  Cambridge. 

Towle.  J.  Warren Ejiping, Student Harvard  Col'g. 

Thurston,    Caleb Exeter, Wharfinger, 

Thurston,  James Newmarket, ...  1 829. .  Clergyman, Billerica. 

Taylor,   David Epping, 1818,, Manufacturer, Lynn. 

Todd,  P.  P Atkinson Counsellor, Blackstone, 

Tuttle,  Hugh  H Portsmouth,  .  ,1829,. Printer, Charlestown. 

Tucker,  James  I Kingston, 1833,.  Gents,  Fum'g  Store,.  .Boston. 

Webster,  David  L Portsmouth, , . ,  1 832, .  Leather  Dealer, " 

Webster,  Charles  E. . .  Portsmouth, . , .  1 838, .  Merchant, " 

Weeks,  Win.  A Portsmouth, . , .  1 833, .  U,  S.  Despatch  Ag't, . . 

Waldron,  Samuel  W. , Portsmouth, ...  1 834, . Merchant, " 

Webster,  Fletcher, . .  .Portsmouth,,.  .181 6,. Lawyer " 

Walker,  George  S Portsmouth,  , .  1840,, Book  Keeper, " 

AValkcr,  Seth  W Portsmouth,  ..  1830,.  Clerk, " 

Woodbury,  Chas.  L., ,  Portsmouth,  .  ,184.5.,  Counsellor  at  Law,,..         " 

Wendell,  Jacob,  Jr.. ,  .Portsmouth, Clerk 

Widdron.  A.  A Portsmouth, Merchant, " 

Walker,  W.  Augustus. I'ortsmouth,  .  ,  1843,. Fancy  Goods, " 

Walker.  James  P I'ortsinoutli,  ,  ,  184,'),. Bookseller, " 

Weeks.  James    II Portsmouth.  .  .  1831..Merchant " 

Weeks.  Stephen ( ireenland 1 8.34. .  Trader, " 


Wise.  Wm.G 

.  .Portsmouth, 

.  .  1  S38. 

.  Casliier  Manufg  Co.. 

,  Lowell. 

Wi--in.  Cliaries  K.. 

.  .Newmarket.  . 

.  .  1  S28. 

.  ("roek'y  &  Pa]). Hang. , 

, .  Boston, 

Webster  Jolni  G..  .  . 

.  .  I'ort^inoutli, 

.  .  1  840. 
.1S44.. 

.  Leather  Dealer 

I?l"k  and  Whitesmith.. 

.Maiden. 

Wiuiri".  J"~lma  D.. 

.  .Northwooi]..  . 

.  Boston. 

Wriirbt.  Kdiiiund.  Jr. 

. .  Hampstead.. 

.^^'lla^flnlrer 

.Cambridge. 

Wortlien.  T.  F 

.  .  Caiidia 

•  Cooper. 

,  Charlestown. 

Waldron.  I..  \V.,  Jr.  . 

.  ,1'ortsmoutli. 

,  Boston. 

HILLSBORO'   COUNTY.  157 

Names.  Where  fi-om.        Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

Wells,  Greorge  W Hamp'n Falls,.  1827,. Provision  Dealer, . .  .Chelsea. 

Wentworth,  Jacob  S..  .Exeter, 1836,. Morocco  Manufact'r,.Lynii. 

"Walker,  W.J Portsmouth,  . .  1816,.  Capt.  U.  S.  Navy, Boston. 

Wiggin,  Robert  P S.  Newmarket, .  1 842, .  Import.  Leaf  Tobac. .         " 

Waldron,  N.  Sheafe  . . . Portsmouth,  . .  1840, .  Maj.  Marines,  U.S.N..         " 


HILLSBORO'    COUNTY. 

Aikin,   John Bedford, Manufacturer, Lowell. 

Averill,  J.  P. Mount  Vernon,1848,- Teacher, Charlestown. 

Ames,  Samuel  T. Brookline, 1837, -Merchant, Mcdford. 

Abbott,  J.  H. Wilton, 1 833,  •  Teacher, Boston. 

Andrews,  Abraham-  •  -Ilillsboro',  •  ■  •  -1822,  Instructor, Charlestown. 

Appleton,  Samuel-  •  -  -New  Ipswich, -1794, -Merchant, Boston. 

Aikin,  Calvin Deering, 1 833,  -  Wood  and  Coal, " 

Andrews,  Charles Ilillsboro',  -  -  -  ■  1 836,  •  Grocer, " 

Abbott,  Timothy  B.-  -  -  Wilton, 1841, -Mason, " 

Batchclder,  William  •  •  New  Ipswich, Farmer, Ando ver. 

Burnap,  S.  G. Temple, 1826,-  Physician, HoUiston. 

Barnard,  R.  M. Amherst, 1805,-  Grocer, Boston. 

Butler,  B. Pclham, 1843,- Attorney  at  Law,  •  •  •       " 

Bowers,  Levi Peterboro', 1843,- Clerk, " 

Blair,  L. New  Boston,  -  - 1 845,  -  Merchant, " 

Barnes,  Isaac  0. Bedford,- 1835,-  Clerk  U.  S.  Ct.  Court,       " 

Batchelder,  Horace  II.  -  Fnincestown,  -  - 1835,  -  W.  I.  Goods, " 

Butler,  Caleb Pclham, Lawyer, Groton. 

Boynton,  James Milford, 1824, -Jewelry  &  fan. goods,  Boston. 

Burton,  H.J. Wilton, 1833, -Clothing, " 

Bell,  Joseph Bedford, 1842, " 

Barnes,  John Ilillsboro',  -  •  •  -183 2, -Messenger, Cambridge. 

Batchclder,  Eugene-  -  -New  Ipswich,- 1844, -Lawyer, " 

Burton,  Warren Wilton, Clergyman, Worcester. 

Batchclder,  John  M. --New   Ipswich,- 1849, -Civil   Engineer, W.  Cambridge. 

Brooks,   Cyrus New   Ipswich,- 181 9, -Printer, Cambridge. 

Bowers,  L.  K. Hancock, 1848, -Merchant, Medford. 

Bacon,  B.  N. Hancock, 1824, -Clerk, Boston. 

Barr,  Geo.  L. New   Ipswich,- 1844,- Merciiant, Mcdford. 

Barnard,  Oliver  T. Wcare, 

Barnard,  John  M. Hollis, 1822, -Distiller, Boston. 

Bctton,  Ninian  Clark-  -New  Boston,-  - 1802,- Counsellor  at  Law,-  -       " 

Butteriield,  John  A.-  •  -Nasliua, 1848,-Clcrk, " 

Burton,  Andrew  N.-  -  -Wilton, 1837, -Dry  Goods, " 

Barnard,  David Bedford, 1 822,  •  Merchant, " 


158 


NEW   HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 


Nanxts.  Where  from.        Date.  Business.  Present  Besidence. 

Bailey,  AUx)!!  H. Unity, 1 844,  •  Reporter, Boston. 

Barns,  Clia.s.  E. Nashua, JIachinist, Lowell. 

Barnard,  Joseph New  Boston,-  •1826, -Distiller, Boston. 

Cheney,  B.  P. Hillsboro', 1838, -Express  Man, " 

Cragin,  Daniel Temple, 1832,-Grocer, " 

Cristy,  William  C. New  Boston,-  -1813, -Provisions, Charlestown. 

Cooledge,  Lemuel  A. ••  Hillsboro', 1824, -Grocer, Boston. 

Clark,  Peter Lyndeboro', Spending  past  earn'gs      " 

Chickering,  Jonas New  Ipswich,  - 1 81 8,  -  Piano  Forte  Maker,  •  -       " 

Christie,  Frank  B.-  •  •  -Antrim, 1843, -Landlords'  Agent,-  -  -       " 

Cummings,  Charles  "W.Amherst, 1824,-Brk  and  Whitesmith,       " 

Champney,  Edward  W.New  Ipswich,  •  •  1 8.35,  -  Drj'  Goods, Woburn. 

Champney,  George  M.New   Ipswich, - 1826, -Dry  Goods, " 

Carter,  Oliver Peterboro', 1826,- Wood  and  Coal, Boston. 

Champney,  Henry  T.  -  New  Ipswich,  - 1 839,  -  Clerk, " 

Champney,  Benj. New  Ipswich,-  1834,-Artist, " 

Clark,  William New  Boston,-  -1842, -Clerk, Lynn. 

Cooke,  Josiah  P. New  Ipswich,- 1809,- Counsellor, Boston. 

Dudley,  Thos.  E. Weare, 1 834,  •  Drug  Dealer, " 

Davis,  Geo.  H. Hancock, Piano  Forte  Maker,  -  -       " 

Dearborn,  C.  E. Nashua, 1 843,  •  Dentist, " 

Dutton,  Benjamin-  -  •  -Hillsboro',  -  •  -  -1826, -Grocer, " 

Driscoll;  C. Francestown, -  -1814, -Merchant, " 

Duncklee,  John Amherst, Trader, Brighton. 

Dearl)orn,   William-  -  -Bedford,   1820,-  Gentleman, Brookline. 

Dodge,  J  C. Temple, 1838, -Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Duncklee,  11.  L. Francestown,-  - 1847,-  Stove  Dealer, " 

Dodge,  G.  C. New  Boston,-  - 1845,- Stable  Keeper, " 

Daniels,  William Brookline,  •  -  -  -1831, -Cooper,   " 

Dickey,  William Manchester,  •  •  - 1 825,  -  Teamster, " 

Dearborn,  William-  •  -Bedford, Farmer, Brookline. 

Eaton,  Albert Goffstown, Sup't  Alms  House,  -  -  Charlesto^vn. 

Edwards,  J.  F. Temple.   1824,-IIousewright, Brookline. 

Emerson,  D.  R. Weare, Merchant, Dorchester. 

J]mcrson,  Samuel  P.-  -Amherst, Machinist, Medford. 

Fairfield,  Geo.  C. New  IJoston,-  ■  1847,- AV.  L  Goods, Boston. 

French,   Leonard Amherst, 1 805,  -  Merchant, " 

Foster,  Joliii Hudson, 1 836,  •  Wine  Merchant,  -  -  -  -       " 

Fisher,  M^.irk Francestown,  -  - 1 836,  -  Flour  Dealer, " 

Field,  J.,  Jr. IVterboro',  •  -  -  •  1 832,  •  Hides  and  Leather,  -  -  W.  Cambridge. 

French,  Ephraim Amherst, 1800,-  W.  I.  Goods, Boston. 

Field,  A.  H. Peterboro', Com.  Merchant, " 

Fariey,  N.  W. Ilollis, 1847,- Merchant, " 

Forsaith,  E.  W. Lyndeboro',  -  -  •  1 837,  •  Clerk,   " 

Fish,  Moses  W. Mason, « 

Felt,  David  F. Temple, 1835, -Teacher  of  Music,-  •  -S.  Weymouth. 

Farrar,  Timothy New   Ipswich,  •  1 844,  -  Counsellor  at  Law,  -  -  Boston. 

French.  Geo.  Wm. Bedford, 1846, -Merchant, Danvers. 


HILLSBORO'   COUNTY. 


169 


Names. 
Guild,  Henry  C- • 
Greele,  Samuel- •  • 
Gould,  Charles  D. 
Gilbert,  John,  Jr.- 


Where  from.        Date. 

•  Francestown,-  •  1844, 

•  Wilton, 1814,- 

•  New  Ipswich,  •1822,' 

•  Hillsboro',  ..••1825, 


Business. 
Dry  Goods,  • 


Present  Besidence. 
•  Boston. 


Gould,  J.  B. Hollis, 1824,- 

Gre^,  Samuel New  Boston,-  •1840,^ 

Gould,  Jacob  S. Lyndeboro'.-  •  -1836,' 

Gregg,  Alexander  •  -  •  •  New  Boston,  ••1827,' 
Gould,  Augustus  A.  -  -  New  Ipswich,  •  •  1 822,  • 

Gregg,  Samuel Peterboro', 1799,' 

Grimes,  D.  E. Lyndeboro', 

Goodale,  Geo.  "W. Deering, 1 835, 

Grooda'e,  Albert Deering, 18.36, 

Goodale,  H.  L. Deering, 1838,  ■ 

Goodale,  Levi Deering, 1 840, 

Gilmore,  Armanda-  •  -  Merrimac,  -  -  -  - 1 834, 

Gould,  F.  A. Hollis, 1831,. 

Gould,  Nathaniel  D. 1818,' 

Hutchinson,  A.  B. Milford, 1828,- 

Hutchinson,  Jesse-  •  •  'Milford, 1834,' 

Hutchinson,  A.  F.  •  •  •  •  Milford, ,  ■ 

Hastings,  William Mt  Vernon,  •  •1834,' 

Holmes,  Oliver Francestown, ..  1841, 

Hale,  Theodore  P..  ■  •  •  ■  Hollis, 1834, 

Hadley,  David  B. GofFstown, .• 

Howe,  George Milford, 

Hadley,  Thomas  J.  •  •  •  Hancock, 1 834, 

Hutchinson,  T.  M. Francestown,  •  1 834, 

Hildreth,  C.  B. Amherst, 1822, 

Holmes,  Henry  D.  •  •  •  •  Francestown,  •  1 834, 

Jameson,  N.  W.  C.  -  •  • .  Antrim, 1 835, 

Kendall,  Timothy  C.  Amherst, 1815,. 

Kendrick,  John Amherst, 1838, 

Kendall,  Joshua Hillsboro', 1815, 

Kittrcdgc,  Alva Mt.  Vernon,  -  -1820, 

Knight,  Samuel  G.,-  •  •  Hancock, 1847, 

Kittredge,  Jesse Merrimac,  •  •  •  •  1 828, 

Kidder,  Abner  C. Hudson, 1 828,  • 

Kendall,  Salma Mason, 1 839,  • 

Lawrence,  William  •  •  •  Hudson, 1811,' 

Lewis,  Charles Milford, 1814, 

Lord,  Henry  C. Amherst, 1846, 

Lord,  Joseph  L. Amherst, 1847, 

Lovejoy,  Philip Amherst, 1826, 

Lawrence,  Thomas •  •  -Bedford, 1805, 

I.«cke,  Edward Peterboro', 1 822, 

Lovejoy,  John Wilton, 1810. 

21 


Bookseller, " 

Grocer, *' 

Clerk, Charlestown. 

Physician, Boston. 

Iron  Merchant, Cambridge. 

Coal  Dealer, Medford. 

Physician, Boston. 

Chair  Maker, " 

Machinist, Lowell . 

■  Trader, Dorchester. 

•  Stable  Keeper, Boston. 

Provision  Dealer, •••        " 

•  Teamster, " 

■  Restorator, " 

Merchant, " 

Teacher  of  Music,  -  •  " 

Grocer, " 

Stove  Dealer, " 

W.  I.  Goods, Lynn. 

Inn  Holder, Boston. 

■  Flour  and  Grain,  -  •  •  •         " 

•  Dry  Goods, " 

Wheelwright, Cambridge. 

Piano  Forte  Maker,-  -Roxbury. 

•  Piano  Forte  Maker,-  -Boston. 

•  Dry  Goods, " 

•  Carpenter, " 

•  Carpenter, " 

•  Hats  and  Furs, " 

•  Hides  and  Leather,- •         " 

■  Grocer, Dorchester. 

•  Machinist, Boston. 

•  Furniture, " 

•Dentist, " 

-Trader, " 

•  Provisions, " 

•  Flour  Dealer, ......  Chelsea. 

•  Porter  and  Ale, Boston. 

Counsellor  at  Law,  •  •  Maiden. 
Counsellor  at  Law,  •  •  Boston. 
Counsellor  at  Law,  •  •         " 

Stable  Keeper, " 

Carpenter, " 

Clothing, " 

Morocco  Manufr,- •  •Lynn. 


16(^  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

Names  Where  Itom.         Dfte.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

McNiel,  Jonn  HilLsboro',  . .  •  •  1830,'  Survej'or  Customs,  •  -Boston. 

Miller,  Stephen Pcterboro', 1 827,  •  Pulpit  &  Stair  Bld'r,  •  Cambridge. 

McAllister,  James Bedford,  1 804,  •  Sup't  Pub.  Buildg's,  •  Boston. 

Morse,  Mason I   ancestown,  •  1834,' Grocer, " 

Merriam,  Wm.  J. Mason, 1833,- Mas.  Tr'n,  O.  C.  R.R.        " 

Merrill,  Wm.  W. Gotfstown,- •  • -1842, " 

Morrison,  John  H. Peterboro', Clergyman, Milton. 

Morse,  L.  B. Francestown,  •  1842,  •  Wood  and  Coal, Boston. 

Merrill,  F.  G. Goff^itown,.  •  •  -1849, " 

Mack,  Sewcll  G.  ■  •  •  •  Wilton, .Merchant, Lowell. 

Morrison,  James Peterboro', .Physician, Baltimore. 

Morgan,  David Wilton, 1837,  •  Counsellor  at  Law,  •  •  •  Boston. 

Nichols,  Rodney Hillshoro',-  •  •  -1846, -Machinist, " 

Newell,  Chas.  Henry  •  •  Wilton, 1844,  -  Com.  Merchant, Charlestown. 

Parker,  William  A.-  •  -Hudson, 1811, -Printer, Boston. 

Parker,  William  W.  •  -Wilton, 1845, -Clerk,  Customs, Woburn. 

Piper,  Solomon Temple, 1810,- Wood  Wharfinger,-  -Boston. 

Prentice,  AVilliam  H.-  -New  Ipswich,  -1803.- Wood  Wharfinger,  -  -         " 

Patterson,  Lucius-  -  -  -Nashville,  -  -  -  -1842, -Prison  Ofiicer, Charlestown. 

Peabody,  A.  S. Milton, 1 845,  -  Broker, Boston. 

Parker,  D.  M. Bedford. 1842, -Dentist, " 

Patten, James Temple, 1814, -Wine  Dealer, Brookline. 

Pollard,  Luther Hudson, 1831,  -  Truckman, Boston. 

Page,  Joseph  W. Goffstown, 1838,  -  Gardener,. Roxbury, 

Peabody,  Ephraim  -  -  -  •  Wilton, 1 845,  •  Minister, Boston. 

Proctor,  Moses HoUis, 1836,-  Grocer, W.  Cambridge. 

Parker,  Ebcn Antrim, Inn  Holder, Charlestown. 

Patten,  -Jonathan Temple, 181 6, -Provision  Dealer,-  •  -Boston. 

Page,  Chauncy Deering, 1 831 ,  -  Carpenter, " 

Pollard,  Warren Hudson, 1845,  •  Stove  Dealer, Somerville. 

Palmer,  Stephen  G.  -  -Goffstown,-  •  •  -1843, -Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Parkhurst,  Wm.  A.  •  -  •  Wilton, 1 843,  -  Clerk, " 

Patten.  J.  G, Nashua, 1 847,  -  Market, " 

Preston,  Thomas  B.  -  -New  Ipswich,  -18.33, -Dry  Goods, Charlestown. 

Raymond,  J.  P. Nashua, 1829, -Grocer, Boston. 

Riddle,  Isaac  N. Bedford, 1844, -Clerk,  Customs, " 

Riddle,  Silas  A. Bedford, 1846, -Clerk, 

Richardson,  Jacob-  -  •  -Granfield, 1822,- Agent, " 

Richardson,  Samuel  •  -Peterboro', .Physician, Watertown. 

Ray,  P.  Woodbury  -  -  -Amherst, 181 8, -Broker, Boston. 

Read,  William Amherst, 1848,  Physician, '• 

Richardson,  W.  H.  H.  •  Amherst, 1 836,  •  Woolen  Goods, " 

Stevens,  Luther Hillshoro',  -  •  -  -1800, -Copperplate  Printer,-         " 

Steele.  .1.  T. Antrim, 1845, -Hats.Caps,  and  Furs,-         " 

Swallow,  Calvin Mason, 1835,  Provisions, '• 

Scars,  Thomas  E.  •  ■  ••  Deering, 1 848.  -  Dry  Goods, " 

Shedd,  C.  F. Hollis, 1846,-Dry  Goods, 


CHESHIRE   COUNTY. 


161 


Names.  Where   from.        Date.  Busineu.  Preient  HesMenc*. 

Sargent,  Bodwell Lyndeboro',  •  •  .1814,- Trader, Boston. 

Stone,  P.  J. Weare, 1825,  •  W.  I.  Goods, Charlestown. 

Smith,  Ebenezer HoUis, 1802, -Merchant, •  •  South  Wobam. 

Smith.  Isaac,  Jr. Deering,   Glass  Cutter, ;  Cambridge. 

Shattuck,  John New  Ipswich,  •  1 830,  •  Mason, •  Marblehead. 

Shepherd,  N.  A. Nashua, 1843, -Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Stone,  Amos Weare, 1824,-  City  Trcjisurer  of-  •  •  Charlestown. 

Tubbs,  Mical Deering, 1844, •  Inn  Keeper, •  -Boston. 

Tirrell.  John Goffstown, 1817,-  AVharfingcr, •  -         " 

Te wksbury,  Wm.  P.  •  •  Weare, 1 838,  -  Bookseller, • 

Train,  Samuel Hillsboro', 1802,  -  Merchant, Medford. 

Tirrell,  Jesse,  Jr. Gotfstown, 1 833,  •  Wood  and  Coal, Boston. 

Tirrell,  Henry  J. Goft'stown, 1849,-  Laborer, " 

Wilkins,  John  H. Amherst, 1821, -Paper  Dealer, " 

Wiiitcomb,  C.  A. Hancock, 1 840,  -  Law  Student, Cambridge. 

Wallace,  Robert Goffstown,-  •  •  .1832,-Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Whittemore,Benj.F.-  -Greenfield, 1822, -Broker, " 

Whittemore,  C.  P.  -  -  -  Greenfield, 1 835,  -  Grocer, " 

Wallace  Wm.  M. Milford, 1843,- Clerk, 

Wason,  Elbridgc New  Boston,  -  - 1 832,  -  Merchant, " 

Wyman,  Edward,  Jr.-  -Pelham, 1837, -Dry  Goods, Salem. 

Worcester,  Joseph  E.  •  Bedford, Cambridge. 

Whiton,  James  M.  -  -  -Antrim, 1825, -Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Wason,  Robert Hudson, 1833,  -  Provision  Dealer, Charlestown. 

Wilkins,  Levi New  Ipswich, -1825, -Piano  Forte  Maker,-  -Boston. 

Wood,  Artemas Mason, Station  Master, Groton. 

White,  Jonathan Petcrboro', 1 832,  -  Card   Manufacturer,  •  Lowell. 

Wyman,  William I'elham, 1 824,  •  Wood  and  Coal,  •  •  •  •  Cambridge. 

Walker,  Cornelius  -  -  -Bedford, 1823, -Instructor, Boston. 

Winn,  David Nashua, 1828,  •  Cooper, " 

Whittemore,  John  M. .  Grecnticld,  •  •  •  - 1833,  •  Bookseller, " 

Wilson,  Thomas  P.-  -  -Hillsboro', 1848, -Provisions, Charlestown. 

Wallace,  John  A. Milford, 1847, -Broker, Boston. 

Youngman,  David Petcrboro',-  -  •  -1846,  Physician  and  Surg.,-  South  Wohurn. 


CHESHIRE  COUNTY. 

Albee,  Godfrey  B Chesterfield,  . .  1 830, .  Grocer, Charlestown. 

Applin,  Benjamin  . . .  .Swanzy, 1821, .Stair  Builder, Boston. 

Adams,  Charles  G.,  Jr.  Keene, , .  House  Sur.  Ms.  G.  H.         '• 

Anderson,  CD Keene, 1 848, .  Clerk " 

Applin,  Wesson Swanzy 1828,, Stair  Builder,. . , . . ,  .Charlestown. 

Aldrich,  William  A.. . .  Westmorcl'd,,  1845,,  Woolen  Business,  , , ,  Boston. 


162  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Name*.  Where  flrom.         Date.  Bttsiaess.  Prefwnt  Rasidenee. 

Ains worth,  Fred.  S Jaffrey, 1847,. Physician, Boston. 

Bradford,  William Keene, 1 830, .  Master  Mariner, " 

Bowker,  Charles Fitzwilliam,. . .  181 2,. Provision  Dealer,  ...         " 

Ballou,  Ira Richmond, 1821,.  Grocer, " 

Bowers,  James  L Rindge, 1 839, .  W.  I.  Goods, " 

Brooks,  Alfred Stoddard, 1 823, .  Produce, W.  Cambridge. 

Bingham,  Charles  ....  Alstead, 

Bingham,  William Alstead, 1844, .  Clerk, Boston. 

Bundy,  Francis Walpole, 1822,. Mason, " 

Bent,  Newell Fitzwilliam, ...  1 843, .  Trader, " 

Bowei-s,  Charles Rindge, 1811,. Merchant, " 

Barker,  Lewis  P Winchester,. .  .1829,. Provisions, W.  Cambridge. 

Barker,  Prescott Westmorel'd,..  1825,. Merchant, Boston. 

Barnett,  Robert Walpole, 1825,.  Merchant, " 

Briggs,  Lucius  H Keene, 1847, .  Merchant, " 

Breed,  Charles  S Nelson, 1847,. Prison  Officer, Charlestown. 

Buffum,  E Richmond, 

Batchelder,  Samuel. . . Jaftrey, 1843,. Manufacturer, Cambridge. 

Buss,  Samuel  L Jaffrey, 1838,.  W.  L  Goods, Boston. 

Briggs,  P.  S Westmorel'd,..! 833,. W.  L  Good^ Charlestown. 

Bancroft,  Timothy  W..Riudge, Auction  and  Com Worcester. 

Bellows,  Iph'm  H.. .  .Walpole, 1807,.  Manufacturer, Medford. 

Cutter,  B.  F Jaffrey, 1845,. Merchant, Boston. 

Cutter,  Leonard  R.. . .  Jattrej', 1845,. Clerk, " 

Cummings,  Daniel . . .  Keene, 1 806, .  Wooden  Ware, Chelsea. 

Converse,  C.  C Rindge, 1844,. Flour  and  Grain,. . .  .Somerville. 

Crosby,  Joseph  F Troy, 1846,. Clerk, Boston. 

Child,  J.  H Nelson, 1830,. Trader, Roxbury. 

Dinsmoor,  Geo.  R.. .  .Keene, 1821,. Com.  Merchant, Boston. 

Doolittle,  Erastus  H..  .Winchester, ..  .1826,.  Inn  Holder, " 

Dorr,  Cornelius Westmorel'd, ..  1845,. Produce, " 

Dorr,  Moses Westmorel'd, . .  1843, .  Produce, " 

Dickinson,  Alex'r  . . .  .Swanzy, 18.33, .Soap  Manufacturer,.  .Cambridge. 

Ellis,    ohn  M Keene, 1 847, .  Ag't  Col.  Ed'n  Soc. . .  Nashua. 

Fay,   George  H Winchester, ...  1 845, .  Jeweller, Boston. 

Forrlstall,  Ezra Fitzwilliam, . . ,  1 822, .  Truckman, " 

Forristall,  S Fitzwilliam, Provisions, Chelsea. 

Frost,  Kufus  S Marlboro', 1 8.33, . Com.  Merchant, " 

Flint.  1).  B Troy, 1 839, ,  Com.  Merchant, Watertown. 

Fay,  I^vi Fitzwilliam, . . .  1814,,  Grocer, Boston. 

Foster,  Samuel .Stoddard, 1837.,  W,  I.  Goods " 

Flint,  Amos Walpole, 1848,. Wine  Dealer, " 

Gove,  John  G Roxbury, 1 832. .  Merchant, " 

(iibson.  Kimball Alstead, 1 824, ,  Painter, " 

(Jlin,  Bradford  E Westmorel'd,  ,.1842,. Merchant, Charlestown. 

Gcrauld.  S.  A Keene, 1845,.  Jeweller, Boston. 

Grta>nwood,  W.  A Dublin 1833,, Fruit  Dealer " 


CHESHIRE  COUNTY.  |&8 

NaiDM.  IHiere  ftom.  Date.  BuBiness.  Preaent  Residence. 

HoIman,L.  F Kecne, 1847,.  Clerk, Boston. 

Holman,  G.  C Marlboro', 1844, .  Merchant, " 

Hosmer,  Hiram Walpole, 1824,.  Physician, Watertown. 

Herrick,  Martin  R Marlboro', 1822,. Mason, Boston. 

Haskell,  Calvin Fitzwilliam, ...  1 808, .  Furniture, " 

Hixon,  Timothy  W. . .  Walpole, 1 830, .  Stable  Keeper, " 

Hildreth,  Samuel Chesterfield,  .  ,1815,.  Tallow  Chandler, Lynn. 

Henderson,  H.  C Keene, 1845,. Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Heustis,  James  F Westmorel'd,..  1845,. Cutter, " 

Humphrey,  Thomas  . . Surry, 1842,. Laborer, " 

Holman,  John Keene,  ..... .  ,1840,. Laborer, " 

Houghton,  G.  W Keene, 1840,,  Watchman, ,  .Dedham. 

Jewell,  Harvey Winchester, ...  1 844, ,  Lawyer, Boston. 

Jewell,  Hosea Winchester,.  ..1833,. Express  Man, Camb'gPort. 

Johnson,  Joshua  J.  . . .  Surry, Physician, Northboro'. 

Jewell,  Lyman  B Winchester,. .  .1845,. Merchant, Boston. 

Jewell,  Marshall Winchester, . .  .1844, .  Merchant, " 

Joslin,  Gilman Stoddard, 1 826, .  Globe  Maker, " 

Jones,  Wain\vright  . .  .Rindge, 1847,.Daguerrian  Artist,, . .         " 

Kingman,  Alvan Winchester, ..  ,1844,. Piano  Forte  Maker, . .Brookline. 

Kingman,  Pliny  E Winchester, . . .  1836, .  Com.  Merchant, .....         " 

Kingman,  Marshall. .  .Winchester,. . .  1845,. Merchant  &  Manuf'r,, Watertown. 

Knight,  Manasseh Fitzwilliam,. .  .1810,. Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Kittredge,  F.  S Nelson, 1846,. Provision  Dealer, %      " 

Locke,  Franklin  B Swanzy, 1839,. Gents. Fum'g Goods,.         " 

Lincoln,  C.  Sprague,.  .Walpole, 1846,. Student  Harv.  Col Cambridge. 

Lovejoy,  Reuben Nelson, 1827, Boston. 

Munroe,  A.  B Keene, 181 9,.  Provision  Dealer,  ....         " 

Mead,  Samuel  O Alstead, 1815,. Broker, Watertown. 

Monroe,  Abijah Surry, 1820, .  Machinist, Charlestown, 

Mason,  S.  K Dublin, 1840,. Trader, , Boston. 

Maynard,  Jesse Sullivan, 1827,. Baker, " 

Maynard,  Lambert  ...  Sullivan, 1822,. Inn  Holder, " 

Mason,  D.  H Sullivan, 1841, .  Counsellor  at  Law,  , .  Newton. 

Mason,  Hale Fitzwilliam,. . .  1825,. Carpenter, Charlestown. 

Marsh,  Charles Chesterfield,..  .1846, .Dry  Goods,  ........ .Boston. 

Maynard,  Geo.  A Gilson, 1843,. Baker, " 

Maynard,  Lambert  M.. Keene, 1847,. Baker, '< 

Marshall,  Drury  M. . . .  Dublin, Carpenter, ..........         " 

Ninis,  H.  C Sullivan, 1843,.  Stable  Keeper, " 

Parker,  H.  P Dublin, 1832,. Merchant, " 

Parker,  Edmund Jaffrey, Counsellor  at  Law,.  .Nashua. 

Parker,  Isaac JafFrey, 1817, .Merchant, Bostim. 

Parker.  Joel JaftVey. 1 848, .  Professor  of  I..aw, . . .  Cambridge- 
Perry,  William Fitzwilliam,. . .  1833,.  Wood andCoal  Dearr,Boston. 

Page,  Gilman Rindge, 1820,.Ma.son. " 

Piper,  James  G Dublin, 1 847, .  Merchant, " 

Pratt,  Daniel  E Walpole 1831, .Stable  Keeper, " 


164  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Names.  Where  from.        Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

Parker,  J.  W Kecne, 1 848. .  Dane  Law  School, . . .  Cambridge. 

Pierce,  Stephen  H.  . .  .Rindge, 181 5,.  Carpenter, Boston. 

Parker,  James  M Hinsdale, 1 841 , .  Agricul'l  Warehouse,. 

Parker,  II.  G Keene, 1848, .  Lawyer, 

Parker,  Charles  E Keene, 1842, .  Architect, 

Pierce,  Jonathan Rindge, 1826,. Gentleman, 

Page,  Joseph  W Rindge, 1823,. Mason, 

Pierce,  Benjamin Jaffrej', 1844,.  AV.  I.  Goods, 

Rand,  Charles  F Keene, 1844,. Piano  Forte, 

Ranstead,  Charles. . . .  Westmorel'd, ..  1829,. Iron  Forger, 

Reed,  G.F.  T Surry. 1828,. Jeweller, 

Read.  Josiah  M Swanzy, 1 8.39, . Port.  Cook'g  Range,. 

Rugg,  Erastus Rindge, 1831, .  Deputy  Sheriff, Chelsea. 

Robertson,  L Chesterfield, 

Ripley.  S.  W Winciiester,  . . .  1842,. Merchant, Boston. 

Rust.  George Alstead, 1844, .  Produce, " 

Russell,  W.  E Keene, 1844, .  Hotel  Keeper, " 

Richardson,  M.  W.. .  .Fitzwilliam,. . .  1848,. Dry  Goods, " 

Stearns.  Elijah Walpole, 1818,.  W.  I.  Goods, " 

Sheldon,  Francis Nelson, 1836, .  Iron  and  Nail  Dealer,         " 

Stearns,  Simon Walpole, 1803,. Pot  and  Pearlash,. .  .Watertown. 

Simmons,   Thomas. .  .Keene, Merchant, Roxbury. 

Stone,  G.  W Fitzwilliam,. . .  1 849,. Dagucrrian  Artist,. .  .Boston. 

Stone,  Sardine,  Jr Rindge, 1833, Charlestown. 

Sherwin,   Thomas. . .  .Westmorel'd, ..1827,. English  High  School,Dedham. 

Sawtell,  Amos Jatfrcy, 1828, .  Baker, Boston. 

Stone,  Joseph Swanzy, 1835,. Hats  and  Furs, " 

Slade,  Lucius Alstead, 1844,. Hotel, 

Slade,  Ira Alstead, 1845, .  Stove  Maker, " 

Stone,  Phineas Westmorel'd, . .  1 848, .  Farmer, Wobum. 

Snow,  Jude Chesterfield,  . .  1 840, .  Merchant, Boston. 

Shurtleff,  A.  M Rindge, 1849,.  Clerk, " 

Stearns,  Ziba Swanzy, 1 845. .  Grocer, " 

Stone,  Sylvester Rindge, 1839,. Job  Wagon, " 

Thomas.  Gilman Hinsdale, 1842,. Express  Man, " 

Todd.  Jehiel Hinsdale, 1839,.  Clerk, Somerville. 

Tarbeli.  C Rindge 1845,.C;arpenter, Boston. 

Tufts.  (Jcorgc  A Alstead, 1845,. Clerk, " 

I'nderwood.  Joel  1'. .  . .  Rindge, 1 839, .  Engineer, " 

Wilson.  Geo.  W Walpole. 1835. .  Teamster, " 

White,  Danforth (iilson 1819.. Machinist, Newton. 

Wctherbee,  C.  11 Swanzy. 1841,.  Truckman, Boston. 

Wilder,   Marshall  P..  .Rimlge 1825..  Com.  Merchant, Dorchester. 

Wells,  Cinirles  A Keene 1811,.  I'res.  L.P.  M.  F.  I.  Co. .  Boston. 

Wood,  C.  P Rindge 1847,. Clerk, Ro.xbury. 

Wadsworth,  Jesse. ,  .  .Roxbury 1842,. Eating  House, Boston. 

Wood.  (' Rindge, 1838..  Merchant, " 

Webster,  S.  H Surry, 1 849, .  Inn  Keeper, " 


SULLIVAN    COUNTY.  165 

Names.  Where  flrom.  Date.  Bosinegs.  Present  Residence. 

Warren,  R.  S Alstead, Physician Waltham. 

Wakefield,  E.  H Marlboro'. 1833,. Merchant, Chelsea. 

Wood,  Alfred Rindge, Grocer, Cambridge. 

Wood,  Jonas Rindge, Shoe  Dealer, " 

White,  John  W Chesterfield,  .  .1845,. Merchant, Boston. 

Walton,  Nalhan  S Rindge, 1 836, .  Painter, Cambridge. 

Wilder,  Charles  J Keene, 1838,. Provisions, Boston. 

Woodward,  Isaac Roxbury, 1831, .  Piano  Forte  Maker,.  .         " 


SULLIVAN  COUNTY. 

Albce,  Sumner Langdon, 1 849,.  Teach,  in  gram,  sch'l,  .Boston. 

Aiken,  James  B Newport, 1841,.  Grocer, " 

Alden,  Joseph  Warren .  Clarcmont,  ....  1 824, .  Merchant, " 

Amsden,  Thomas Charlestown,  . .  1 848, .  Faneuil  Hall  Market, .         " 

Bowman,  Sylvester  . .  .Springfield, 1835,. Merchant, " 

Butterfield,  Simeon. .  .Cornish, 1822,. Merchant, " 

Bowman,  O.  P Springfield, 1835,. Grocer, " 

Bingham,  Osmer  A..  .Clarcmont, ....  1845,. Merchant, " 

Clement,  Cyrus Clarcmont, 1 840, .  Clothing, " 

Clement,  P.  S Clarcmont, 1841, .Trader, " 

Clapp,  Dcrastus, Clarcmont, 1810,. Police  Officer " 

Crosby,  Sylvester  S.. .  Charlestown,  . .  1846,.  Clerk, " 

Crosby,  Sam'l  T Charlestown,  . .  1838, .  Merchant, " 

Crosby,  James Charlestown,  . .  1 845, .  Druggist, " 

Crosby,  Wm Charlestown,  .  .1832,. Bookseller, Roxbury. 

Clapp,  Stephen  R Clarcmont, 1827,. Piano  Forte  Maker,.  .Boston. 

Chace,  Caleb Cornish,  Merchant, " 

Chase,  D.  F Clarcmont, 1849,. Clothing, " 

Davis,  Wm Washington,  . .  1 830, .  Provisions, Cambridge. 

Danforth,  Isaac Washington,  . .  1809, .  West  India  Goods, . . .  Boston. 

Davis,  E.  W Washington,  Provisions, Cambridge. 

Davis,  Reuben  P Washington,  . .  1831,.  Iron  Founder, Waltham. 

Durant,  Henry Charlestown,  .  .1835,.  Hides  and  Leather,  .  .Boston. 

Farwell,  John  H Clarcmont, 1 838, .  Printer, '■ 

Foss,  Jacob Cornish, 1821,.Livingonpastearn'gs,  Charlesto\vn. 

Flanders,  Wm.  M Plainficld, 1844,. Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Farwell,  Joseph Washington,  . .  1826, .  Piano  Forte, " 

Gleason,  G.  H Acworth, 1 826, .  Carpenter, '■ 

Goward,  Watson Croydon, 1840, .  Furniture, W.  Cambridge. 

Glidden,  J.  F Unity, 1837,. Rail  Road  Conductor.Boston. 

Gilmorc,  Quincy  A. . . .  Goshen, 1 844, .  Teach,  in  Eliot  school,         " 

Gilchrist,  D.  S Charlestown,  . .  1838,. Counsellor, " 

Hubbard,  N.  D Charlestown,   . .  1843,. Lawyer, " 


166  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

Names.  When  from.       Date.  Business.  Present  Resldeaoe 

Hall,  Adin   Cornish, 181 5,. Real  Estate  Broker,.  .Boston. 

Hitchcock,  Jesse,  Jr. . .  Claremont, 1 841 , .  Clerk, " 

Hubbard,  Aaron  D Charlestown,  . .  1844, .  Broker, " 

Hitchcock,  J.  R Claremont, 1 846, .  Hotel  Keeper, " 

Healy,  John  P Washington,. .  .1835, . Lawyer, " 

Hall,  Sam'l  W Cornish, 1821,. Merchant, " 

Johnson,  Jesse  C Unity, 1841,.  Salesman, " 

Kcyes,  Amos Acworth, 1844,. Produce, " 

Lincoln,  Harvey Acworth, 1 824, .  Merchant, " 

Moore,  Estabrook Acworth, 1 838, .  Victualler, " 

McAllister,  H.  M Newport, 1846, .  Merchant, " 

McCrillis,  Ozem Goshen, 1 842, ,  Wood  Wharfinger, ...         " 

Morrison,  Sam'l  J Langdon,  1 836, .  Produce, " 

Matthews,  Greo.  R Claremont, . . .  .1844, .  Teamster, Roxbury. 

Murdough,  Horace ....  Acworth, 1 849, .  Clerk, Boston. 

Morse,  Lewis  B Washington,  .  .1844, .  Clerk, " 

Orne,  Otis Lempster, Grocer, " 

Powers,  Dennis Croydon, 1825,.  Clergyman, So.  Abington. 

Pierce,  J.  W Charlestown, Machinist, Lowell. 

Poland,  Horace Langdon, 1830, .  Carpenter, Boston. 

Richards,  Abiathan. .  .Newport, 1820,. Butcher, Dedham. 

Saxton,  F.  S Claremont, 1 832, .  Bookseller, Boston. 

Sanborn,  C  P Springfield, 1822, .  Carpenter, " 

Starbird,  Nath'l  W 1825,. Tailor, Maiden. 

Sumner,  Fred.  A. Charlestown,  .  .1827,. Physician, Boston. 

Sabine,  J Claremont, . . .  .1841,. Dentist, " 

Stow,  Baron Croydon, 1832, .  Clergjinan, " 

Stevens,  N.  C Plainfield, 1 846, .  Physician, " 

Stevens,  Paran Claremont, Revere  House, " 

Silsby,  J.  H Acworth, 1843,. United  States  Hotel,..         " 

Stevens,  Chas.  G Claremont,  . . .  .1845,. Lawyer, Clintonville. 

Sperry,  Joseph  L Claremont, 1834,.  Carpenter, Boston. 

Tasker,  Ebenezer Cornish, Grocer, " 

Upham,  J.  B Claremont, 1 846, .  Physician, " 

Vose,  Sam'l  D Washington,. .  .1819,. Teamster, " 

Vose,  Nathan  D Washington, ...  1 823, .  Builder, " 

White,  A.  L Newport, 1 836, .  Leather, " 

Wheeler,  M.  S Newport, 1842,. Merchant, " 

Webber,  Sam'l Charlestown, Manufacturer, Lawrence. 

Wheeler,  Gardner Lempster, 1 845, .  Trader, Boston. 

Whitmore,  H.  S Charlestown,  . .  1840,.  Clerk, Charlestown. 

White,  Nathan Newport, Wool  Buyer, Newport. 

Watson,  E Newport, 1849,. Inn  Keeper, Boston. 

Warner,  B.  F Acworth, 1 840, .  Merchant, Chelsea. 


MERRIMAC   COUNTY.  167 


MERRIMAC    COUNTY. 

Names.  Where  from.  Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

Allen,  Joseph Epsom, 1831, .Grocer, Boston. 

Abbott,  John  C Concord, 1848, .  Merchant, " 

Bowrman,  Dexter Hcnniker, 1818,.  West  India  Groods, . . .  Charlestown. 

Babb,  James Epsom, 1830, .  Merchant, Lynn. 

Batchelder,  Hiram. . .  .Loudon, 1838,. Eating  House, Boston. 

Barnes,  Parker Bradford, Horticulturist, Dorchester. 

Bartlett,  Levi Salisbury, W.  L  Goods, Boston. 

Butters,  William  A Pittsfield, 1829, .  Bookseller, " 

Benson,  John Pembroke,  . . .  .1825,. Merchant, Cambridge. 

Bunten,  Robert Allenstown,  . . .  1826,. Machinist, Boston. 

Bunten,  Jesse Allenstown,  . . .  1828,.  Stone  Cutter, Milton. 

Bickford,  W.  D Epsom, 1834,.  W.  L  Goods, Boston. 

Bryant,  David Bradford, 1823,.  Architect, " 

Bailey,  Edwin  C Hopkinton, 1832,. Clerk, " 

Baker,  James Bow, 1834,. Leather  Dealer, " 

Bishop,  C.  J Concord, 1 836, .  Com.  Merchant, " 

Batchelder,  G.  C Chichester, .. .  .1827, " 

Brockway,  M.  J Bradford, 1849,. Clerk, " 

Barnes,  Luther Bradford, 1825,. Composition  Roofs,. .         " 

Bradley,  John Concord, 1 847, .  Treas.  for  Chr.  Obs'y, .         " 

Badger,  Geo.  W Warner, 1829, .  Merchant, " 

Bement,  Wm.  B Bradford, Machinist, Lowell. 

Barnes,  Loring  B Bradford, 1831,.  Clerk, Boston. 

Brown,  Stephen  D.  . .  .Epsom, 1822,. Blacksmith, Lynn. 

Brown,  J Bradford, 1 848, .  Counsellor, Boston. 

Brown,  Jonathan Epsom, Carpenter, " 

Brown,  Orlando Franklin, Teamster, " 

Clement,  Rufus New  Loudon,.  .1835,.  Retired  Merchant, ... Billerica. 

Chase,  Cyrus Hopkinton, 1 842, .  Inspector  of  Customs,Boston. 

Clement,  J.  S New  Ix)ndon,.  .1834,. Merchant, " 

Colby,  Patrick Franklin, 1834,. Farmer, Brighton. 

Curtis,  T.  W.  T Epsom, 1843,. Schoolmaster, Lawrence. 

Currier.  Hubbard  C.  .  .Bow, 1820,. Manufacturer, Boston. 

Colby,  Johnson Dunbarton,  .  ...1811,. Mess. to  City  Council,        " 

Cheever,  Ira Hopkinton,.  ...1846,  .Teacher,   Chelsea. 

Cofron,  Thomas  M. . . .  Pembroke,  ....  1841, .  Teamster, Cambridge. 

Cheney,  Alvan Pembroke,  ....  1832,. Turner, South  Woburn. 

Chrichet,  Thomas Epsom, 1834,.  Inspector  of  Customs,  Boston. 

Clough,  Alexander  ...  Bo w, 1 841 , .  Fish  and  Oysters, ... 

Clark,  J.  B Hopkinton, 1844,. Piano  Forte  Maker,.  .         " 

Colby,  G.  A Bradford Machinist, Lowell. 

Chase,  Charles  G Northfield,  ....  1846, .  Clerk, Boston. 

Chamberlain,  Mellen.  .Pembroke, 1848,.  Attorney  at  Law, Chelsea. 

Chamberlin,  D Loudon, Tea  Merchant, Boston. 

Carlcton,  Samuel Hopkinton, 1 838, .  Furniture  Dealer, Maiden. 


168  NEW   HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

Names.  Where  from.       Date.  Businesa.  Pretient  Residence. 

Clark,  Samuel  G Pittsfield, Student, Cambridge. 

Clough,  Daniel,  Jr.  ...  Bow, 1846  .  Fish  and  Oysters, ....  Boston. 

Gushing,  H.  D Salisbury, 1 842, .  Lumber  Dealer, " 

Caldwell,  Henry  L Hopkinton, 1 845, .  Forc'n,  B.  &  W.  R.  R.         " 

Dudley,  B.  F Pembroke, 1824,. Fanner, Milton. 

Davis,  Isaac Bradford, 1829,. Soap  Manufacturer, .  .Cambridge. 

Dudley,  J.  H Pembroke, 1825, .  West  India  Goods, . . .  Boston. 

Drake,  Samuel  G Pittsfield, 1 81 6,. Publisher, 

Davis,  Eliphalet Bradford, 1813,.  Fancy  Soap  Manuf'r,  Cambridge. 

Dimond,  Oral Concord 1 830, .  Turner, Boston. 

Dow,  Moody Concord, 1 830, .  Hotel  Keeper, Lynn. 

Davis,  Curtis Bradford, 1832,.  Soap  and  Candle  Mk'r,Cambd'g  Port. 

Davis,  Jacob Warner, 1 829, .  Baker, Medford. 

Darling,  George  A.  P..Bra<lford, 1833,. Hard  Ware,. Boston. 

Davis,  Mason Bradford, 1835,. Soap  Maker Cambridge. 

Dearborn,  Joseph  B. . .  Loudon, 1 826, .  Carpenter, Boston. 

Dix,  T.  Brown Boscawen, Custom  House, " 

Dimond,  George Concord, 1845,. Turner, " 

Dudley,  Trueworthy,Jr .Pembroke,  . . .  .1816,.  Grocer, " 

Evans,  Charles  S Warner, 1818,. Cl'k  Market  Bank,. . .         " 

Emmons,  John  L Concord, 1821,. Merchandise, " 

I^astman,  C.  J.  F Salisbury, 1 83 1 , .  Grocer, Waltham. 

Emery,  J.  O Loudon, Restorator, Boston. 

Emmons,  Charles  P. . . .  Concord, 

Evans,  A.  A Concord, Merchant, " 

Eastman,  Frank Concord, 1846,. Printer, " 

Evans,  Gilbert Franklin, 1830,.  Chiropodist, " 

Eaton,  Perley  0 Bradford, 1 848, .  Brakcman,  W.  R.  R. . . 

Evans,  Alfred Allenstown,  . . .  1819,. Merchant, " 

Everett,  D.  R New  London,. .  1845,. Butter  and  Cheese,. . .         " 

French,  Stewart Warner, 1840, .  Carpenter, " 

Farnham,  Luther Concord, 1 844, .  Clergyman, " 

Farrington,  Sam'l  P. . .  Hopkinton, ....  1 835, .  Merchant, " 

French,  Benjamin  .  . .  .Pembroke,  . . .  .1820, .Carpenter, " 

Flanders,  Wm.  B Dunbarton, 1 835, .  Market, Chelsea. 

Greenleaf,  Francis  S..  .Salisbury, 1846,. Dry  Goods, Boston. 

Greene,  Charles  G Boscawen, 1822,. Printer, " 

Gage,  George  W New  London,. .  1841,. Hotel  Keeper, '• 

Greely,  Joseph Salisbury, 1833,. Merchant, '" 

Greene,  Hugh  W Concord, 1829,. Purser,  U.  S.  Navy, . . .  Cambridge. 

George,  Nathaniel  M.  .Franklin, 1833,. Merchant, Boston. 

Hutchins,  Abel Concord, 1844, .Dry  Goods, " 

Hall,  Adino  B Northfield, 1846,. Physician, Natick. 

Hcrrick,  J.  Everett. . .  .New  London,.  .1849,  .Medical  Student,  . . .  .Boston. 

Huntoon,  Benjamin. .  .Salisbury, 1819, .Clergyman, Marblehead. 

Herrick,  Henry Hopkinton,,  . . .  1830, .Bookbinder, Stoneham. 

Hutchins,  Charles  . . .  .Concord, 

Howe.  Manly Hennikcr 1 844. .  Druggist Boston. 


MERRIMAC    COUNTY.  169 

Names.  Where  from.        Date.  Burinen.  Present  Besidenee. 

Hutchins,  J.  R Concord, 1843,. Grocer, Boston. 

Hadley,  Carlton Dunbarton, 1822,. Laborer, " 

Hawes,  Alvin Hooksett, 1842,. Carpenter, " 

Jameson,  John Dunbarton,  . . .  1834, .  Teacher, Saugus. 

Jones,  Lewis Canterbury,  . .  .1824,. Collector, Boston. 

Kent,  George Concord, 1845,.  Attorney, " 

Kittredge,  Alfred Canterbury,  . . .  1829,.  Attorney, Haverhill. 

Knox,  Oscar Pembroke, 1848, . Clerk,. Boston. 

Kent,  John Concord, 1846,. Clerk, " 

Long,  William  H Hopkinton, 1847,. Teacher, Roxbury. 

Long,  David  C Hopkinton, 1 824, .  Bookbinder, Boston. 

Low,  F Concord, 1849, .  Merchant, " 

Lougee,  J.  K Concord, 1844,. Clerk, " 

Langmaid,  Samuel  P..  Chichester, 1826,. Trader, " 

Lovering,  Luke  W Salisbury, 1 832, .  Trader, " 

Morrill,  Charles  A.  . . .  Canterbury,  ...  1 837, .  Teacher, " 

Mathews,  Cvtus  E.  . . .  Canterbury,  ...  1 845, .  Grocer, " 

Moulton,  Newell  H Pittsfield, 1818. .  Grocer, " 

Mathews,  H.  S Canterbury,  ...  1 849, .  W.  I.  Goods, " 

Mathews,  James  M Northfield, 1 833, .  Polisher, " 

Neal,  Samuel Loudon, 1832,. Carpenter, " 

Noyes,  Samuel Pembroke, House  Builder, Dedham. 

Parker,  Benjamin Pembroke,  . . .  .1809,. Brick  Maker, Charlestown. 

Pope,  William Henniker, Waltham. 

Paige,  James  W Pittsfield, 1816,. Merchant, Boston. 

Parker,  Joseph Pembroke,  ....  1831,. Farmer, South  Boston. 

Price,  C.  Sewall Boscawen,  . . .  .1838,. Custom  House, Boston. 

Philbrick,  Samuel  R. . .  Ando ver, 1 845, .  Druggis  t, " 

Perkins,  Alfred Dunbarton, 1 827, .  Wood  Wharf, " 

Perkins,  Abra'm  B.  •  •  •  Dunbarton,. Sawing, " 

Parkinson,  William. .  .Dunbarton,. . .  .1840,. Teamster, " 

Parker,  George  A Concord, 1831,. Civil  Engineer, " 

Paige,  Geo.  H Salisbury, 

Page,   Green Pittsfield, 1 830, .  Provision  Dealer, ....  Lynn. 

Pattee,  Enoch  D Dunbarton,  ....  1 835, .  Trader, W.  Cambridge. 

Pattee,  James Dunbarton, ....  1 849, .  Merchant, 

Rogers,  Octavius  S.. .  .Pembroke,  . . .  .1821,.  Stone  Cutter, Milton. 

Rand,  A.  W Northfield, 1840,. Grocer, Roxbury. 

Ring,  Charles  H Pittsfield, 1 848, .  Public  House, Boston, 

Rowell,  John  J Andover, 1 839, .  Engineer, " 

Sanborn,  Amos  C Northfield, 1 824, .  Stone  Cutter, " 

Stevens,  Amos Concord, 1819,.  Balance  Maker, Roxbury. 

Sanders,  0.  S Epsom, 1848,. Physician, Boston. 

Steele,  M.  M Epsom, 1849,. Dry  Goods, " 

Shute,  William  M Concord, Hat  and  Fur  Dealer,..         " 

Studlcy,  Edward  A.  . .  Bradford, 1 838, .  Tailor, " 

Stevens,  Charles  E. . . .  Pembroke, Editor, Barre. 

Seaman,  Benjamin  W..New  London,.  ,1837., Trader, Boston, 


170  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Namei.  Where  from.  Date.  Business.  Present  Kesideno* . 

Stevens,  John  A Hcnniker, 1821,. Physician, Boston. 

Thompson,  W.S Andover, 1849,. Clerk, " 

Towle,  Lyman Newbury, 1831,. Merchant, " 

Tenney,  J.  J.  M Loudon, 1840,. Merchant, " 

Thomdike,  James  P. . .  Warner, 1 835, .  Hide  and  Leath.  Dl'r,        " 

Thompson,  J.W Pembroke, Forwarding  Merchant,Springfield. 

Tubbs,  Alfred  L Concord, 1 84.5,  •  Book  Keeper Boston. 

True,  Abraham Chichester, Salem. 

Tenney,  Nathaniel  F.  .Dnnbarton, .. . .  1837,. Merchant, Boston. 

Towle,  George  S Concord, 1844, .  Book  Keeper, Charlestown. 

Towle,  Henry Epsom, 1843,. Provision  Dealer,  . . .  .Boston. 

Webster,  Charles  H.  .  .Warner, 1847,.  Stove  Dealer, " 

Wallace,  J.  G Henniker, 1843,. Dry  Goods, " 

Whipple,  John  L Dnnbarton, .. .  .1832,. Merchant, Dorchester. 

Wilkins,  Charles Concord, 181 5,. Merchant, Boston. 

Williams,  Henry  K.. .  .New  Jjondon,. .  1835,. Provisions, " 

Whitcher,  J.  B Northfield, Stone  Cutter, Milton. 

Webster,  Francis  B. . . .  Salisbury, 1 846, .  Merchant, Boston. 

West,  Edward Chichester,. .  . .  1842,.  Soap  Worker, " 

Webster,  Worcester.  . .  Salisbury, Merchant, Boscawen. 


STRAFFORD    COUNTY. 

Angier,  Joseph Durham, Clergyman, Milton. 

Beck,  William Lee, 1817,.  Col.  Cl'k  Atlas  Bank, . Boston. 

Bussell,  W.  C Barrington, ....  1 846. .  Grocer, Charlestown. 

Butler,  Henry  T Somersworth, ..  1832,.  Stove  Dealer, 

Clark,  Hosea Dover, 1829,.  Wool  Dealer, Cambridge. 

Coe,  J.  L Durham, 1 845, .  Clerk, Boston. 

Caverly,  Moses  W.  . . . Strafford, 1848.. Lumber  Dealer, Brighton. 

Clary,  Joseph  W Dover, 1836,.Mcrcliant, Boston. 

Cheslcy,  Plumer Madbury, Bricklayer, Lynn. 

Chaniberliii,  Sctii New  Durliani, Merchant, Boston. 

Colcord,  S.  M Somersworth,. .  1840,. Druggist, " 

Chamberlin,  Aliram.  .  .New  Durliam,  .  1836, .Real  Estate  Agent,. .  .Charlestown. 

Coe,  Jolm  E Durham, 1846,. Book  Keeper, Boston. 

Dowe,  Geo.  M Durliam, 1839,. Dry  Goods, " 

Dowe,  Joseph .Duiham, 1824, .Publisher, '• 

Doe,  E.  R Somersworth,. .  1844,.  Trader, " 

Downs.  Simon  E Milton 18.30,. Truckman, " 

Drew,  Elijah Dover, 1 837, .  Trader, " 

Dow,  Nathan  T Dover, ...  1 839, .  Lawyer. " 

Emerson.  John  W Durham. 1 849, .  Attorney  at  Law, ....         " 

Gilman,  Orlando New  Durliam,  ,  1840,. Inn  Holder, Charlestown. 


MERRIMAC   COUNTY.  171 

Names.  ^liere  fh>in.        Date.  BusiaeM.  Present  Residence 

Hanson,  John  B Durham, 1840,. Merchant, BoHton. 

Hanson,  J.  L Durham, 1842,. Inn  Keeper, " 

Ham,  B.  Franklin Dover, 1839, .  Hard  Ware, 

Hanson,  Elijah  A Dover, Tanner, Salem. 

Hart,  Nathaniel  O Milton, 1837, .  Carpenter, Chelsea. 

Ham,  Richard  S Dover, 1806,. Shoe  Manufacturer,.  .Lynn. 

Hanson,  Geo.  F Milton  Mills,  .  .1846,.  Wine  Dealer, Boston. 

Hanson,  Anthony Dover, 1 833, .  Caqjenter, •• 

Hall,  Wm.  D Dover, Fr't  Mas.  B.  &  P.R.R. .  Canton. 

Hanson,  Joseph Dover, Gentleman, Cambridge. 

Jenks,  Thomas  S Dover, 1842,. Apothecary, Boston. 

Laighton,  Thomas Somersworth, . .  1838, .  Engineer, " 

Ladd,  John  S Lee, 1835, .  Counsellor, Cambridge. 

Meserve,  Isaac  H Barrington, .. .  .1842,.Sup't  Almshouse,. . ,  .Roxbury. 

McUen,  G.  W.  F Dover, 1834,. Chemist, Boston. 

Mathes,  Charles  L Durham, 1837,. Grain  Dealer, Roxbury. 

March,  Jonas  C Rochester, 1837,. Merchant, Boston. 

Moulton,  Benj.  P Dover, 1843,.  Courier  Office, " 

Nutter,  Richard Rochester, 1 835, .  Com.  Merchant, " 

Noble,  John  H Somersworth,. .  1828,. Furniture  Dealer, Somervillc. 

Nute,  Ephraim Dover, 181 7,. Distiller, Boston. 

Nute,  Enoch Dover, 1821, .Grocer Roxbury. 

Nute,  Paul Dover, Carpenter, " 

Peirce,  T.  W Dover, 1 843, .  Grocer, Boston. 

Pinkham,  R.  H Durham, 1824,. Teamster, '• 

Perry,  John Ban-ington,  . . .  1832,.  Stock  Broker, Dorchester. 

Pinkham,  T.  J Durham, 1826,.  Trader, Lynn. 

Palmer,  J.  B Dover, 1843,. Dry  Goods Boston. 

Roberts,  John  G Somersworth,.  .1810,. Bookbinder, " 

Richardson,  Joseph. .  .Durham, 1824,. Merchant, " 

Rollins,  Charles Somersworth,.  .1833,. Builder, " 

Robinson,  John  Paul.  .Dover, 1819,. Lawyer, Dracut. 

Shannon,  Oliver  N.  . .  .Barrington,  . . .  1829,. Mason, Newton. 

Starbird,  Asa  D Strafford, 1824,.  Merchant  Tailor,. . . .  Charlestown. 

Smith,  Thomas  L Dover, 1 840, .  Grocer, Dover. 

Torr,  Geo.  H Rochester, 1 849, .  Book  Keeper, Boston. 

Tnttle,  E.  S Lee, 1832,. Accountant, " 

Twombly,  Alex.  11 Madbury, 1817,.  Merchant, " 

Thompson,  Chas.  W..  .Dover. 1847,.  Clerk, " 

Tolman,  S.  P Dover, 1 836, .  Stucco  Worker, " 

Varncy,  S.  H 1  )o vcr, Carpenter, Roxburv. 

Varncy,  S Hochestcr,  .  . .  .1812,. No  business, Ciiarlestown. 

Waldron,  Horatio  G..  .Barrington,.. . .  1834, .  House  &  Sign  Painter,         " 

Winklcy,  S Stratlbrd, 1823,, Tailor Maiden. 

Wentworth,  A Dover, Marble  Worker Boston. 

Wentworth,  Arioch . . ,  Somersworth, . .  1 836, .  Soap  St"n  and  Marble,         '• 

Wentworth,  S.  A.  ...   Milton, 1841,.  Pro  vision  Dealer, •• 

Wilson,  Henry Farmington, Editor, Natick. 


172  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Nmbm.  >?here  from.         Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

White,  C.  G Dover, 1840,. Shoe  Dealer, Boston. 

York,  J Durham, 1843,. Dealer  m  Provisions,.         " 

York,  Joseph  N Lee, 1 842, .  Physician, " 


BELKNAP    COUNTY. 

Adams,  Paul Alton, 1820, Boston. 

Boynton,  Joseph Meredith, 1837,. Butcher, Brighton. 

Brown,  Amos Sandbornton,  . .  1833, .  Carpenter, Charlestown. 

Bryant,  S.  B Meredith, 1844,.  Cabinet  Maker, Boston. 

Bowman,  Zadoc Center  Harbor,.  1825,.  W.  I.  Goods, Charlestown. 

Bean,  J.  D Gilmanton, 1832,. Eating  House, Boston. 

Banchor,  John Barnstead, 1 820, .  Wine  Dealer " 

Chapman,  J.  N Meredith, 1 845,. Clerk,. " 

Clough,  John Sandbornton,  .  .1844,.  Surgeon  Dentist, Woburn. 

Chandler,  S.  B New  Hampton,.  1845,. Furniture  Dealer,. . .  .Boston. 

Crockett,  Selden Meredith, 1821,.Bromficld  House, " 

Coverly,  Jas.  W Sandbornton,  .  .1836,.  Cash.  White's  Bon.  R.        " 

Clark,  Joseph  H Gilmanton, 1840,. Provision  Dealer, " 

Clark,  John  T Sandbornton,  . .  1844,.  Clerk, " 

Cotton,  Chas Gilmanton, 1836,. Clerk, " 

Dow,  Daniel Gilmanton, ....  1835, .  Carpenter, " 

Durrell,  Oren  A Gilmanton, Stone  Mason, Lynn. 

Doe,  Joseph  M Sandbornton,  .  .1826,.  Furniture  Dealer, ....  Boston. 

Danforth,  John  C Meredith, 1 830, .  Attorney  at  Law, " 

Drake,  Nathan New  Hampton, .  1836, .  Mason, " 

Everett,  L.  C Meredith, 1832,. Dry  Goods, Charlestown. 

Edgcrly.  John  S Meredith, 1824,.  Grain  Dealer, Somerville. 

Eaton,  J.  F Meredith, 1832,. Milkman, Quincy. 

Fogg,  David  S Meredith, Physician, Dedham. 

Fitield.  J.  B.  M New  Hampton, .1841,. Furniture  Dealer,. . .  .Charlestown. 

Fogg.  Stephen  N Meredith, Builder, Roxbury. 

Fox.  David  B Center  Harbor,.  1840,.  Clerk, Charlestown. 

Fox,  Edward  S Meredith,  .  . .    .  1846,. Clerk, " 

Foss,  Chas.  M Meredith 1836,.  Trader, Boston. 

Gale,  Nathaniel Gilniauton, 1823..  Clerk,  Custom  House,  Chelsea. 

Greeley,  AG Gilmanton, . .  .  .1843, .  Produce, JJoston. 

Gile.  John  C (Jilmanton 1840,. Trader, " 

(ialc.  Lucian Meredith, 1845,. Attorney  at  Law, " 

Hayes,  Epliraim Alton, 1818,. Hotel  Keeper, " 

Hackett,  Hiram Gilmanton, 1828,. Fre't  Ag't,  Ivow'l  R.  R.         " 

Hazelton,  H.  L Sandbornton,  .  .1847,.  Attorney  at  Law, " 

Huse,  George  W.  S Meredith, 1844,. Furniture  Dealer, " 


BELKNAP   COUNTY.  173 

Names.  Where  from.  Date.  Baslnen.  Present  Reridence, 

Haven,  Elbridge  G Meredith, 1847, .  Cabinet  Maker, Charlesto\ni. 

Hazelton,  J.  E Sandbornton,  .  .1817,. Furniture  Dealer,. . .  .Boston. 

Hard,  Jeremiah Alton, 1843,.  Com. Merchant, " 

Hackett,  J.  C New  Hampton, .  1832, .  Stair  Builder, " 

Jacobs,  Isaac Bamstead, 1848,. Omnibus, Jamaica  Plain. 

Kelley,  Philip Meredith, 1826,.  Stucco  Worker, . » . .  .Boston. 

Kelley,  Thomas Meredith, 1 829, .  Stucco  Worker " 

Kelley,  Joseph  H Gilmanton, 1845,.  Clerk, " 

Lane,  Freeman Sandbornton,  . .  1831, .  Clerk, " 

Ladd,  David  P Gilford, 1844,.  Express  Man, " 

Lane,  J.  C Sandbornton,  .  .1845,. Clerk, " 

Morrison,  C.  G Sandbornton, . .  1846,.  Builder  and  Plumber, .        " 

Morrison,  David Sandbornton,  .  .181 5,. Farmer, Brighton. 

Morrison,  Nath'l  P Sandbornton, Gardener, Somcrville. 

Magoun,  A.  B New  Hampton,.  1845,.  School  Teacher, Cambridge. 

Magoun,  John  C New  Hampton,.  1819,. Farmer, Somerville. 

Mudgett,  W.  S Gilmanton, 1838,. Clothing, Boston. 

Nash,  Stephen  Gordon.  New  Hampton,.  1846,. Lawyer, " 

Norris,  Geo.  L Meredith, 1833,. Clerk, " 

Parrish,  Rufus  P Gilmanton, 1834,. Clerk, " 

Prescott,  Edwin  R. . .  .Gilmanton, 1835,. Dry  Goods, W.  Cambridge. 

Perkins,  Matthew Sandbornton,  .  .1841,.  Watch  Maker, Boston. 

Prescott,  .lohn   C Sandbornton,. .  1825,. Truckman, " 

Perkins,  Chas.  S Sandbornton, Merchant, Lowell. 

Pickering,  G.  V Gilford, 1844, -Dentist, Boston. 

Perkins,  Wm.  J Center  Harbor, .  1838, .  Teamster, Roxbury. 

Payne,  Thos.  W Meredith, 1833, .  Wood  Turner, Boston. 

Robinson,  Henry  L Meredith, 1844, .  Waiter, " 

Robinson,  Noah New  Hampton,.  1841,.  Mess. for  Grov.  &  Coun.        " 

Robinson,  John  R New  Hampton,.  1829,.  Rail  way  Times, " 

Robinson,  Timo.  S.. .  .Meredith, 1841,. Inn  Keeper, Bath,  Me. 

Robinson,  Geo.  W New  Hampton, .  1 826, .  Grocer, Lexington. 

Rogers,  Hiram  P Alton, 1837,. Trader, Somerville. 

Robinson,  Geo. I Gilmanton,  ....  1849,. Clerk, Boston. 

Robinson,  J.  P Bamstead, 181 7,. Merchant, Roxbury. 

Rundlct,  Taylor  M. . . .  Sandbornton,  . .  1839,. Trader, Boston. 

Robinson,  S.  W New  Hampton,.  1813,.  Farmer, Lexington. 

Robinson,  Josiah  S.. . .  Gilmanton, . . .  .1839,.  West  India  (Joods, . . . Boston. 

Robinson,  T.  S.  G Sandbornton,  . .  1 828, .  Furniture  Dealer, ....  Charlcstown. 

Robinson,  Thos.  W..  .  .Gilmanton,  . . . .  1835,.  Wine  Dealer, Boston. 

Robinson,  John  H Gilmanton 1846,. Clerk, " 

Smith,  Jona.  L New  Hampton,.  1844,. Merchant, •' 

Swasey,  G.  B Meredith, 1831,.  Grocer, '• 

Stewart,  L.  H Alton, 1830, .  Truckman, '• 

Smith,  Thos.  H New  Hampton,.  1835, " 

Sewall,  Moses  B Gilford, 1833,. Leather  Dealer, Charlestown. 

Sanborn,  Eastman  ....  Sandbornton,  . .  1 830. .  Physician, Andover. 

Sanborn.  Nathan Sandbornton.  .  .1826,.  Mu^^ic  Teacher Boston. 


174  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Names.  Where  from.         Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

Smith,  Nathaniel Gilmauton, 1826,. Stone  Cutter, Charlestown. 

Smith,  Moody  H Meredith, 1 829, .  Cord wainer, Lynn. 

Tilton,  Jeremiah  G Sandbomton, .  .1832,. Door  Knob  Maker,. .. Charlestown. 

Tasker,  John  T Barnstcad, 1845,. Lawyer, Boston. 

Taylor,  Daniel Sandbomton, . .  1 832, .  Merchant, " 

Varncy,  Geo.  C Meredith, .  1838, .  Trader, " 

Watson,  David   Meredith, 1833, .  Wood  Turner, " 

Webster,  Sidney Gilmanton, 1 847, .  Student  at  Law, " 

Wheelock,  Abel Sandbomton,  . .  1829, .  Clerk, " 


CARROLL  COUNTY. 

Abbott,  James  A Conway, 1843,. Lawyer, Boston. 

Abbott,  Jerre Conway, 1 843, .  Com.  Merchant " 

Allen,  Isaac Tarn  worth,  . . .  .1844,.  Farmer, Jamaica  Plain. 

Allen,  Stephen  M Burton, 1836,. Merchant, " 

Amc;,  Israel Ossipee, 1817,.Grentleman, Boston. 

Brackett,  Isaac Ossipee, 1 830, .  Provision  Dealer, ....         " 

Berry,  A.  M Wakefield,  . . .  .1840,. Provisions, " 

Bryent,  Walter Tam worth, 1829, .  Stove  Maker, " 

Bean,  J.  Q.  A Moultonboro',..  1847,.  Con.  B.  &  W.  R.  R.. .  " 

Bean,  A.  A Moultonboro',  ..1849,.  Clerk, " 

Beede,  A.  B Sandwich, 1837,. Porter, " 

Beedc,  Moses  H Sandwich, 1844,. Teamster, Lynn. 

Brewster,  John Wolfboro',  . . .  .1844,. Merchant, Cambridge. 

Brown,  Geo Ossipee, 1846, Boston. 

Colcord,  John  M Effingham 1 838, .  Teach.  Phillips  Sch'l, .         " 

Cate,  Horatio  N Brookficld,  . .    .1847,. Insurance  Agent,. . .  .Reading. 

Clair,  Jonathan  F Sandwich Farmer, Newton. 

Calder,  J.  W Brookficld.    . . .  1835, .  Wine  Dealer, Boston. 

Chamberlin,  Jason ....  Wolf  boro' Trader, Marblehcad. 

Chesley,  John  H Wakefield, 1834,. Trader, Boston. 

Clark,  Sam'l,  Jr Eaton, 1 844, .  Foreman  St.Sweepers,        " 

Cook,  Wm.  T Wakefield,  ....  1841,. Merchant, " 

Chamberlin,  Daniel.  .  .Wolfboro'   1827,.  Hotel  Keeper, W.  Cambridge. 

Clarke,  Dan'l  D Sandwich, 1829,. Contractor, Lynn. 

Dow,  Chas.  H Tam  worth  . .      1841,.  Clerk, Braintree. 

Dow,  Josiah Wakefield,  ....  1849,. Farmer, Boston. 

Done,John  C.  ..'....  .Ossipee, ,-  ..Teacher, " 

Downes,  Aaron  P Tam  worth, 1843,.  Provision  Dealer, " 

Dow,  David Tam  worth   1 842, .  W.  I.  Goods, " 

Davi.s,  John Eaton 1818,.  W.  L  Goods, " 

Flanders,  Stephen  C.  .Sandwich, 1843,. Truckman, " 

French,  N.  G Sandwich,.    . .  .1849,. Clerk, 

Fclch,  Gcorjjc  M Sandwich.   1838,.  Coachman, " 


GRAFTON   COUNTY.  175 

Names  Where  from.         Date.  Business.  Present  Besidence. 

Grant,  Wm.  G Ossipee, 1842, .  Manager, Boston. 

Gappy,  James  H Brookfield, 1836,. Trader, " 

G  Urns,  Nahum  N Moultonboro', . .  1 826, .  Vender  Sawyer, Charlestown. 

Hill,  Thomas Conway, 1846,. Clerk, Boston. 

Iloit,  Joseph Sandwich, Glass  Packer, E.  Cambridge. 

Huckins,  A Effingham, 1848,. Provision  Dealer, Boston. 

Hodge,  Thos.  S Brookfield, 1843,. Painter  and  Glazier,.  .Roxbury. 

Hodsdon,  Lorenzo Freedom, 1843,.  Clerk  Suffolk  Bank,  .  .Boston. 

Lyford,  Thomas Brookfield, 1827,. Carpenter, " 

Little,  Albert Sandwich, 1831,. Dry  Goods, " 

Leavitt,  Thos Effingham, 1833, .  Grocer, " 

Lovering,  Wm.  B Freedom, 1839,.  Cartman, " 

Libby.  Francis Wakefield, 1 841 , .  Hotel  Keeper, " 

Lang,  Alfred Brookfield, 1 840, .  Carpenter, " 

Martin,  Enoch Wolf boro,' 1815,. Broker,  " 

Mallird,  Chas Tuftonboro', ...  1 829, .  Provisions, " 

Martin.  Jeremiah  ....   Wolf  boro', 1823,.  Ship  Smith, Melrose. 

Mison,  J.  L Sandwich, 1839,. Trader, Boston. 

Parker,  M.  S Wolf  boro', 1798,.  Notary  Public, " 

Price,  John Tarn  worth, Teacher, Manchester. 

Philbrick,  Thos.  G.  . .  .Tamworth, 1830,.  Stable  Keeper, Chelsea. 

Peavy,  Hazen Tuftonboro'. . .  .1841,. Provision  Dealer, Boston. 

Parker,  Sam'l  H Wolfboro', " 

Skinner,  Alvah Wakefield, 1829,.  Jeweller, " 

Smith,  J.  V.  C Conway, 1818,. Physician, " 

Sibly,  Joseph  B Wakefield Hotel  Keeper, " 

Skinner,  Noah  K Wakefield, 1818, .  Tailor, " 

Scates,  Dodavah Ossipee, 1839,.  Com.  Merchant, " 

Scates,  Clark  S Ossipee, 1846,. Teamster, " 

Smith,  Josiah  A Moultonboro',.  .1829,. Grain  Dealer, " 

Shannon,  Edwin Moultonboro',. .  1837, .Market, " 

Twombly,  W.J Tarn  worth, 1 833, .  Baker, " 

Twombly,  Sam'l  W.  .  .Tamworth, 1837, Lynn. 

Taylor,  S.  P Effingham, 1 829, .  Insurance  Broker, Boston. 

Wiggin,  Asa  A Hrookficid,  .  . .  .1824, .Grocer, '" 

Weutworth.  Horace. .  .Wakefield, 1844,. Bookseller, Lowell. 

Wiggin,  J.  K Wakefield, 1844,. Clerk, Boston. 

Young,  J.  B Wakefield, 1836,. Painter  and  Glazier,,  .lloxbury. 


GRAFTON  COUNTY. 

Adams,  Colman  S Hebron 1848,. Lawyer, Boston. 

Hrown.  B.  F Hanover 1 8.39, .  Druggist,  " 

Bell.  Joseph  M Haverhill 1 841 , .  Lawyer, 

Browne,  J.  H Lyme, 1841,.  Clerk Dorchester. 

Buswell.  Edwin  W.. .  .Lebanon, 1844,. Book  Keeper Boston. 

Baker,  Warren  M Holdemess, .. . .  1841, .Intelligence  Office,.  . .         " 

Burleigh,  Henry Don  bester,. . . .  1^144,.  Trader '• 

Coburn,  Dau'l  J Piennont, 1840,. Deputy  Sheriff, " 

Currier,  Arthur  M.  . .  .Plymouth, 1846..  Victualler. " 

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176  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FESTIVAL. 

Names.  Where  fh>m.        Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

Cass,  Rufus Bridgewater, ...  1 839, .  Livery  Stable, Charlestown. 

Cook,  Charles Campton, 1826.. Sexton  &  Undcrtaker,Boston. 

Crosby,  J.  L Campton, 1 832, .  Merchant, Somerville. 

Crosby,  Robert  H Hanover, 1848,. Law  Student, Cambridge. 

Chapman,  S.  D Hill, Boston. 

Colby,  John Thornton, 1 821, .  Provision  Dealer, " 

Cady,  Albert  W Lyman, 1845,. Cabinet  Maker, " 

Chase,  A.  C Alexandria,  . .  .1837,.  W.  L  Goods, " 

Clark,  Leonard  C Canaan, 1 848, .  Provision  Dealer, " 

Currier,  H.  M Hill, 1836,. Upholster, " 

Currier,  Moses  J Enfield, 1833,.  Merchant, No.  Dan  vers. 

Copp,  George  W Warren, 1 833, .  Variety  Store, Cambridge. 

Chandler,  Joseph Campton, 1828,. Piano  Forte  Maker,.  .Boston. 

Currier,  Henry  M Plymouth, 1846,.Restorant, " 

Cushman,  M.  E Warren, 1849,. Clerk, Brighton. 

Dodge,  Frederick Lyme, 1849,. Merchant, Boston. 

Dimick,  F.  B Lyme, 1841, .Clerk, " 

Durkee,  Silas Hanover, 1841,. Physician, " 

Douglass,  Erastus  . . .  .Littleton, 1818,.  Cabinet  Maker, Lowell. 

Dickinson,  J.  W Enfield, 1844,. Merchant, Boston. 

Dow,  James  B Littleton, 1825,. Publisher, " 

Dame,  A.  A Orford 1814,,Lawyer, " 

Emerson,  Robert Piermont, 1820,.  Wood  and  Cool, " 

Emerson,  John Piermont, 1829,.  Wood  and  Coal, " 

Emerson,  David  D.. .  .Piermont, 1822,. Lamp  Maker, " 

Fletcher,  Samuel Plymouth, Lawyer, Andover. 

French,  Benjamin  . . .  Lebanon, 1 840, .  Merchant, Boston. 

Foster,  Thomas  W Hanover 1801,.  Clerk, " 

Fellows,  Jacob Piermont, 1 825, .  Trader, " 

Fellows,  J.  K Piennont, 1835,.  Clerk, " 

Favor,  Horace  S Hill, 1832,.T.inner, Cambridge. 

Ferrin,  Samuel Alexandria,  . . .  1803,. Brick  Maker, Charlestown. 

Flanders,  John  L Danbury, 1826,. Carpenter, Boston. 

Flanders,  Benjamin  H.  Danbury, 1837,.  Carpenter, " 

Farror,  David Campton, 

George,  Leonard Plymouth, 1843,. Carpenter, Brighton. 

Gilbert,  A Lyme, 1826,.  Clothing, Ivowell. 

Goodrich,  Chas.  B Lebanon, 1837..  Counsellor  at  Law,  .  .Boston. 

Gilbert,  Samuel  S Hanover, 1824,. Nothing  in  particular,         " 

Gitchell,  A.  E Haverhill, -Driver, 

George,  James  W Plymouth, 1 844, .  Carpenter, Brighton. 

Goodwin,  George Piermont, 1 844, .  Grocer, Boston. 

Gill,  Daniel iMificld, Physician, Marblehead. 

ITarriman,  John Bridgewater, ...  1 828, .  Sign  Painter, Boston. 

Huse.  Joseph Hill, 1 829, .  Stove  Dealer, Wobum. 

Hutchins,  James  K..  .  .Bath, Boots  and  Shoes,. . .  .Boston. 

Hutchins,  Horace  G.. .  Bath, 1835,.  Counsellor  at  Law,  . .         " 

Harris,  John Rumncy. 1829,. Book  Keeper, '• 

Haddock.  Ciias Hanover, Physician, Beverly. 

Hardy,  II.  W Grafton, 1847, 

Ho vcy,  George  L Lyme, Clergyman Boston. 

Hale,  Aaron,  Jr Orford, 1 842, .  Express  Man, " 


GRAFTON   COUNTY.  177 

Names.  Where  from.        Date.  BusineM.  Preaent  Beeidence. 

Haynes,  Daniel  B Rumney, 1825,.  Gardener, Boston. 

Hastings,  D.  B Bath, 1846,. Jeweller, " 

Homan,  M.  R Campton, 1834, .  Provision  Dealer, Cambridge. 

Hutchins,  Ezra  C Bath, 1832, .  Merchant, Charlestown. 

Hanaford,  W.  G Enfield, 1834,. Physician, Boston. 

Jewett,  J.  \V Lebanon, 1839,.  Clerk, " 

Kimball,  Isaac  B Haverhill, 1845,. Dry  Goods  Salesman,        " 

Kimball,  Gilman Hill, Physician Lowell. 

Kent,  Samuel P Piermont, 1832,.  W.  L  Goods, Boston. 

Ladd,  James Haverhill, 1844,. Insurance  Agent, " 

Lakeman,  Ebenezer. .  .Groton, 1837,. Market  Man, Charlestown. 

Leighton,  J.  W. Holderness,. . .  .1830,. Trader, Boston. 

Merrill,  John Warren, 1835, .  Broker, Cambridge. 

Merrill,  Arthur Haverhill, 1842, .  Broker, " 

Merrill,  Haram Alexandria,  . . .  1829,.  Sexton, Boston. 

Morton,  L.  P Hanover, 1848,  Merchant, " 

Merrill,  Amos  Binney . Lyman, 1828..  Attorney  at  Law,. ...         " 

Marsh,  Christopher  . . .  Campton, 1 834, .  Clergyman,  "West  Roxbury. 

Murray,  Richard  F.. .  .Hill, Provision  Dealer,. . .  .Boston. 

Merrill,  Daniel Plymouth, 1810,.  Sup't  Court  House,  . .         " 

Merrill,  Calvin Bristol, 1839, .  Driver,  " 

Morse,  Asa  P Haverhill, 1838,.  Cooper, Cambridge. 

Mason,  Luther Hill, 1844, .  Manufacturer,   Waltham. 

Norris,  Samuel Dorchester, ,. Minister, Maiden. 

Noyes,  Samuel Plymouth, 1827,. Trader, Watertown. 

Oliver,  P Hanover, Counsellor  at  Law,  . .  Boston. 

Palmer,  Sam'l Campton, 1830,. Provision  Dealer,. , .  .Charlestown. 

Palmer,  S Orford, 1 834, .  Superintendent, Cambridge. 

Porter,  Wm Lyme, 1845,. Farmer, Newton. 

Perrin,  William  H.. .  .Orford, 1849,.  Attorney  at  Law,. . .  .Boston. 

Pattee,  John  C Campton, 1 824, .  Police  Officer, " 

Perkins,  Charles  L.  . . .  Hanover, 1827,  •  Merchant, " 

Prescott,  Daniel Plymouth, 1809,.  Wood  and  Coal,. ...         " 

Prescott,  Edward Plymouth, 1811,.  Coal  &  Wood  Dealer,.         " 

Palmer,  John  P Woodstock,  . . .  1832,.  Grocer, " 

Palmer,  D.  R Woodstock, 

Pratt,  Henry  Choc ver  . Orford, 1819,.  Artist, Charlestown. 

Porter  Eleazer  S Lyme, 1837,.  Clerk, Boston. 

Paige,  Abram Orford, 1 845, .  Piiysician, '• 

Ryan,  Jabez  S Plymouth, 1 835, .  W.  I.  Goods, " 

Russell,  M.  B Woodstock,  . . .  1830,.  Artist, 

Rohhins,  Asa Plymouth, 1 848, '• 

Ramsay,  Alexander  H. Rumney, 1825, .  Apothecary, Cambridge. 

Rohbins,  Joseph Plymouth, 1829,.  Coal  &  Wood  Dealer,  Boston. 

Rogers,  J.  Webster  . .  .Plymouth, 1841, .Dry  Goods, '• 

Reynolds,  Grlndall...  .Franconia,  .  . .  .1828,. Clergyman Jamaica  Plain. 

Ramsay,  Perley  A Rumney,-  • . . . .  1835, .Stereotype  Business,. Boston. 

Rogers,  William Orford 1841,.  Lawyer Xcwton. 

Robertson,  J.  W Thornton, 1830.. Milkman Quincy. 

Sleeper,  S.  S Bristol, 1843,.  W.  I.  Goods, Boston. 

Sloper,  John Orford,   Shoe  Maker, Natick. 

Southard,  Zibeon Lvme 1828.. Oil  Manufacturer.  . .  .Boston. 


178  NEW    HAMPSHIRE    FESTIVAL. 

Names.  TThcre  from.        Date.  Business.  Present  Residence. 

Sarfrcnt,  Frederick  . .  .Hebron, 1842,. Express  Man, Lowell. 

StClair,  Jonathan  .    . .  Haverhill, Farmer, Newton. 

Smith,  S.  S Haverhill, Clergyman, Westminster. 

Stafford,  Charles  F Plymouth, 1837,. Painter, Boston. 

Swasey,  John  H Haverliill, 1834,.  Com.  Broker, " 

Smith,  Henry  W.  ■ . . . .  Hanover, 1 845, .  Attorney  at  Law, ....         " 

Steele,  A.  E Lyme, 1832, .  Carpenter, " 

Statlbrd,  George  L Plymouth, 1 832, .  Printer, " 

Shepard,  Walter  B.. . .  Holderness, ....  1832,.  Clerk, " 

Scott,  C.  Henry Hanover, Physician, " 

Simonds,  Stephen  . . .  .Alexandria,. . . .  1835,. Boarding  House,. . .  .Medford. 

Stone,  Daniel Hanover, Farmer, Needham. 

Taylor,  Sani'l  W Campton, 1837,. Student, Camhridge. 

Ticknor,  Wm.  D Lebanon, 1827,. Pub.  and  Bookseller,  Boston. 

Teuny,  S.  F Hanover, 1842, .  For'n  W.  R.  R.  Fr't  H.         " 

Taylor,  John Campton, 1812,. Dealer  in  Stone, E.  Cambridge. 

Turner,  Joshua Lyme, 1825,.  Carpenter, Boston. 

Worcester,  Thos Thornton, 1821,. Clergyman, " 

Waterman,  Thomas  .  .Lebanon, 1817,. Bank  Clerk, '" 

Wright,  W.  T Hanover, 1848,. Student, Cincinnati. 

Ward,  A.  L Plymoutii, 1844,. Grocer, Boston. 

Woodard,  Daniel Haverhill, 1 839, .  Grocer, " 

Woodard,  Henry  M.  . .  Haverliill, 1 838, .  Trader, " 

AVdch,  F.  G Canaan, 1824,.I\Icrchant, " 

Webber,  A.  D Groton, 1825,.  Builder, " 

Willcy,  'J' Campton, 1 844, .  Lawyer, " 

Williams,  Washington.  Littleton, 1836, '■ 

Young,  Ammi  B Lebanon, 1838, .Architect, " 


COOS  COUNTY. 

Brown.  John  T. Stratford, 1845,- Temple  Club, Boston. 

Burbaiik.  Rob't  IngalIs.Shell)urne,  •  •  •  •  1 843,  •  Counsellor  at  Law,  •  • 

Freeman.  Wm.  P.  •  •  •  -Lancaster, 1845, '• 

Kenncy,  Isajic  A. Whitetield, 1841, -Baker, Cambridge. 

Loud,  Lcavitt Dalton, 1836,- Wood  &  Coal  Dealer, -Boston. 

Merriam,  Isaac Northumirrlandl841,- Collector. 

Merriam,  J.  W. \i)rtliumb'rlandl82I,- Com.  Merchant, " 

Moore,  I'Mward  B.  -  •  -  ■  Lancaster, 1847,  -  Physician, " 

Snow,  J.  H. Whitetield, 18-34, -Merchant, Newton. 

Snow.  James  P. Wliitcfield,  •  ■  -  •  1 835,  -  Trader,   " 

Stejihenson,  J.  H. Lancaster. 1835, -Merchant, Boston. 

Snow.  A.  B. Whitetield. 1 832,  •  Physician, 

Stebbins.  John Lancaster, 1847, '• 

Srf[)hons()n.  F.  W.  ■  -  •  •  Lancaster, Newton. 

Stephenson.  Geo.  A.  •  •  I.uni'astcr. 1838,- Merchant, West  Newton, 

White,  II.  A. Lancaster, 1849.- Clerk, Boston. 

White,   S.  L. Lancaster, 1 835,  -  Clerk, " 


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